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Thyroid volume and urinary iodine excretion in schoolchildren in North-Eastern Bosnia

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, University Clinical Centre, Trnovac bb, 75000 , Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Alma Toromanovic & Husref Tahirovic

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Toromanovic, A., Tahirovic, H. Thyroid volume and urinary iodine excretion in schoolchildren in North-Eastern Bosnia. Eur J Pediatr 163, 270–271 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1286-8

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