title: [Is goiter an endemic disease in the German Federal Republic? (AUTHOR'S TRANSL)].
abstract: Statistical analysis of indexed information on 5,4 million men, subject to military conscription, gave a goitre incidence of 15.29 per cent. This corresponds to an endemic state and would suggest that goitre prevention programme is needed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005843:Geography; D005860:Germany, West; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008377:Maps as Topic
vernacular_title: Der Kropf: eine endemische Krankheit in der Bundesrepublik?