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.