Abstract
Before introduction of iodine prophylaxis after the World War II it was estimated that about 2 million persons in the former state of Yugoslavia had endemic goiter with prevalence varying from 10 to 90% (1). Other 6 million people living in the endemic areas should be considered as a population at risk. There were about 20000 endemic cretins and 2–4000 deaf-mutes (1,2).
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Kusić, Z. et al. (1993). Endemic Goiter in Croatia. In: Delange, F., Dunn, J.T., Glinoer, D. (eds) Iodine Deficiency in Europe. NATO ASI Series, vol 241. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1245-9_54
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