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Paradoxical urinary iodine concentration in an endemic goitre area of Tunisia

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  1. Service des Isotopes, Institute Salah Azaiez, Place Bab Saadoun, 1006, Tunis Jebara, Tunisia

    M. V. El May & S. Mtimet

  2. Laboratoire de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium

    P. Bourdoux

  3. Hôpital de Ghardimaou, Tunisia

    K. Boukhris

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El May, M.V., Bourdoux, P., Boukhris, K. et al. Paradoxical urinary iodine concentration in an endemic goitre area of Tunisia. Eur J Epidemiol 10, 353–354 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01719363

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