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On behalf of the Italian Regional Observatories for Goiter Prevention: Agrimi D (Brindisi, Puglia); Andò S and Bonofiglio D (Cosenza, Calabria); Bellitti P (Matera, Basilicata); Boi F (Cagliari, Sardegna); Doveri G (Aosta, Valle D’Aosta); Gasperi M (Campobasso, Molise); Lanzetta P (Salerno, Campania); Meringolo D (Bologna, Emilia Romagna); Mian C (Padova, Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia); Napolitano G (Chieti, Abruzzo); Orlandi F (Torino, Piemonte); Puxeddu E (Perugia, Umbria); Radetti G (Bolzano, Trentino Alto Adige); Regalbuto C, Moleti M (Catania and Messina, Sicilia); Taccaliti A (Ancona, Marche); Tanda ML (Varese, Lombardia); Tonacchera M (Pisa, Toscana); Ulisse S (Roma, Lazio), Italy.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular and Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases and Aging, Italian National Institute of Health, Responsible for the Italian National Observatory for Monitoring Iodine Prophylaxis, Rome, Italy

    A. Olivieri

  2. Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, Past President of the Italian Society of Endocrinology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

    F. Giorgino

  3. Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology, President of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    C. Maffeis

  4. Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, President-elect of the Italian Thyroid Association, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    M. Bagnasco

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Olivieri, A., Giorgino, F., Maffeis, C. et al. Salt reduction and iodine intake in Italy. J Endocrinol Invest 45, 883–885 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01708-z

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