Wolff Chaikof became the Gold standard for the use of Iodine before it was published.
Then after many more studies have shown the flaws in WC it stays the Gold standard while those studies and hundreds of years of historic use of Iodine are left to decay in now obscure books.
'The Wolff Chaikof Effect: Crying Wolf?' http://www.oasisadvancedwellness.com/learning/wolff-chaikof-effect.html