Monografiya «Yodnyy defitsit v Tsentral"noy Sibiri» posvyashchena vazhnoy mediko-sotsial"noy probleme yoddefitsitnykh zabolevaniy. Avtorom predstavleny rezul"taty mnogoletnikh kompleksnykh epidemiologicheskikh issledovaniy yoddefitsitnykh zabolevaniy v razlichnykh regionakh Tsentral"noy Sibiri ot Zapolyar"ya do mongol"skoy granitsy. K likvidatsii ser"eznogo defitsita yoda v Sibiri Osokinoy I.V. byli privlecheny Mezhdunarodnyy sovet po kontrolyu za yoddefitsitnymi zabolevaniyami (ICCIDD) i KIWANIS International. Vnedreny programmy yodnoy profilaktiki s uchetom regional"nykh osobennostey, takie kak yodizatsiya soli dlya zhivotnykh i pishchevoy soli v Respublike Tyva; yodirovanie khleba i kapsuly yodirovannogo masla «lipiodol» v trudnodostupnykh severnykh regionakh. Rezul"taty monitoringa yodnogo defitsita prodemonstrirovali vysokuyu effektivnost" provodimykh profilakticheskikh meropriyatiy. Kniga adresovana endokrinologam, pediatram, terapevtam, gigienistam, spetsialistam v oblasti obshchestvennogo zdorov"ya i organizatoram zdravookhraneniya, sotrudnikam nauchno-issledovatel"skikh institutov i vuzov mediko-biologicheskogo profilya.