Orenburg : OSU, 2014 - 217 s. — ISBN 978-5-4417-0491-5The monograph summarizes the data of many years of research by the author on the problem of the influence of elemental homeostasis on the formation and maintenance of the normal functioning of the thyroid gland. Multi-element analysis of thyroid tissue . Antithyroid effect of toxic trace elements of cadmium and lead in the suppression of cellular structures of thyroid tissue, anterior pituitary gland and hypothalamus . Proposed new methods of correction based on the use of essential trace elements for the normalization of thyroid function. Methods for determining structural disorders of the thyroid gland and predicting thyroid diseases in people engaged in harmful production. This edition is of interest not only for a wide range of specialists, endocrinologists, hygienists, but also for students of the training direction 020400. 68 Biology of the master's program Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the study of the discipline "Biochemical Foundations of Hormonal Regulation" .