Iodine Deficiency and Excess Coexist in China and Induce Thyroid Dysfunction and Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yang Du; Yanhui Gao; Fangang Meng; Shoujun Liu; Zhipeng Fan; Junhua Wu; Dianjun Sun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111937

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Iodine Deficiency and Excess Coexist in China and Induce Thyroid Dysfunction and Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yang Du ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yang Du, Yanhui Gao

Affiliation Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University; Key Lab of Etiology and Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province & Ministry of Health (23618504), Harbin, China
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Yanhui Gao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yang Du, Yanhui Gao

Affiliation Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University; Key Lab of Etiology and Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province & Ministry of Health (23618504), Harbin, China
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Fangang Meng,

Affiliation Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University; Key Lab of Etiology and Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province & Ministry of Health (23618504), Harbin, China
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Shoujun Liu,

Affiliation Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University; Key Lab of Etiology and Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province & Ministry of Health (23618504), Harbin, China
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Zhipeng Fan,

Affiliation Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University; Key Lab of Etiology and Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province & Ministry of Health (23618504), Harbin, China
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Junhua Wu,

Affiliation Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University; Key Lab of Etiology and Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province & Ministry of Health (23618504), Harbin, China
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Dianjun Sun

* E-mail: hrbmusdj@163.com

Affiliation Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University; Key Lab of Etiology and Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province & Ministry of Health (23618504), Harbin, China
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Iodine Deficiency and Excess Coexist in China and Induce Thyroid Dysfunction and Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yang Du,
Yanhui Gao,
Fangang Meng,
Shoujun Liu,
Zhipeng Fan,
Junhua Wu,
Dianjun Sun

Published: November 6, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111937

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