Analysis of the correlation between high iodized salt intake and the risk of thyroid nodules: a large retrospective study.

BMC Cancer · 2021 · PMC8425165 · PMID 34493230

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During that same time period, some scholars observed an increasing trend in the incidence of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer, and they suggested that salt iodization was a risk factor for the occurrence and development of thyroid nodules [ 12 , 13 ].

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