A prevalence of thyroid dysfunction is higher in the elderly as compared to the younger population. An excess or deficiency of chemical element contents in thyroid may play important role in goitro-and carcinogenesis of gland. The variation with age of the mass fraction of twenty chemical elements (Ag,
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