title: RETRACTED: A novel concept to derive iodine status of human populations from frequency distribution properties of a hair iodine concentration.
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  This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. The article is a duplicate of a paper that has already been published in JOM, volume 28 (2013), 175–185, https://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/684767.Iodine_Orthomolecular_Momcilovic.pdf. One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication is that authors declare explicitly that the paper has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. As such this article represents a misuse of the scientific publishing system. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: juraj.prejac@gmail.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prejac
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research and Development of the Sustainable Eco Systems, Srebrnjak 59, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: vjeranv@gmail.com.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Višnjević
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychiatric Hospital "Dr. Ivan Barbot", Jelengradska 1, 44317 Popovača, Croatia. Electronic address: stipe.drmic@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drmić
authors.affiliation: ANO Center for Biotic Medicine, Moscow, Russia; Zemlyanoi val 46-48, 103604 Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: andrey_sk@microelements.ru.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Skalny
authors.affiliation: University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče, Bolnička cesta 32, 10 090 Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: ninoslav.mimica@bolnica-vrapce.hr.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mimica
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research and Development of the Sustainable Eco Systems, Srebrnjak 59, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: berislav.momcilovic@gmail.com.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Momčilović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine
keywords: Hair; Hair iodine saturation capacity; Iodine status; Median derivatives; Sex