Low Goiter Rate Associated with Small Average Thyroid Volume in Schoolchildren after the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders

Peihua Wang; Hong Sun; Li Shang; Qinglan Zhang; Yingxia He; Zhigao Chen; Yonglin Zhou; Jingjing Zhang; Qingqing Wang; Jinkou Zhao; Hongbing Shen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141552

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Low Goiter Rate Associated with Small Average Thyroid Volume in Schoolchildren after the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders

Peihua Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Peihua Wang, Hong Sun

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Hong Sun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Peihua Wang, Hong Sun

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Li Shang,

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Qinglan Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Yingxia He,

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Zhigao Chen,

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Yonglin Zhou,

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Jingjing Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Qingqing Wang,

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Jinkou Zhao,

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Hongbing Shen

* E-mail: hbshen@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Low Goiter Rate Associated with Small Average Thyroid Volume in Schoolchildren after the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders

Peihua Wang,
Hong Sun,
Li Shang,
Qinglan Zhang,
Yingxia He,
Zhigao Chen,
Yonglin Zhou,
Jingjing Zhang,
Qingqing Wang,
Jinkou Zhao

Published: October 29, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141552

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