Selenium Contents of Serum and Human Milk from Finland and Neighbouring Countries

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-232

  Kantola, M ^a   Mand, E ^b   Viitak, A ^c   Juravskaja, J ^d   Purkunen, R ^e   Vartiainen, T ^f   Saarikoski, S ^e   Pasanen, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Central Hospital of Rakvere   (Estonia)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^d Inst for Adv Train of Physicians   (Russian Federation)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Estonia; Fertilization; Russia; Selenium; Selenium intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000011301     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-670X(1997)10:4<225::AID-JTRA3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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