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Cigarette smoking and risk of clinically overt thyroid disease: a population-based twin case-control study.
Archives of internal medicine - 13 Mar 2000
Brix T H, Hansen P S, Kyvik K O, Hegedüs L
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BACKGROUND: The effects of cigarette smoking on the thyroid gland have been studied for years. However, the effect of smoking on thyroid function and size is still controversial. OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of cigarette smoking on the development of clinically overt thyroid disease. METHODS: Matched case-control study of 132 same-sex twin pairs (264 individuals) discordant for clinically overt thyroid...
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