Soils and Iodine Deficiency

Ron Fuge

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4375-5_17

Soils and Iodine Deficiency

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Soils and Iodine Deficiency. / Fuge, Ron.

Essentials of Medical Geology. ed. / Olle Selinus. Springer Nature, 2013. p. 417-432.

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Fuge, R 2013, Soils and Iodine Deficiency. in O Selinus (ed.), Essentials of Medical Geology. Springer Nature, pp. 417-432. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4375-5_17

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Fuge, R. (2013). Soils and Iodine Deficiency. In O. Selinus (Ed.), Essentials of Medical Geology (pp. 417-432). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4375-5_17

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Fuge R. Soils and Iodine Deficiency. In Selinus O, editor, Essentials of Medical Geology. Springer Nature. 2013. p. 417-432 doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4375-5_17

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Fuge, Ron. / Soils and Iodine Deficiency. Essentials of Medical Geology. editor / Olle Selinus. Springer Nature, 2013. pp. 417-432

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