title: The study of blood serum trace elements in comparison with the structural and functional characteristics of goiter and the carriage of antithyroid antibodies in some regions of Russia
abstract: The study of the sufficiency with essential trace elements in the context of thyroid pathology is especially relevant, since the development and progression of thyroid diseases have various pathogenetic mechanisms, which largest proportion is provoked by insufficient intake of key trace elements, primarily iodine. <b>The aim</b> of the research was obtaining primary data on the sufficiency with essential trace elements of the population in the some regions of the Russian Federation, comparing th
journal: Problems of Nutrition