Selenium: Metabolism and endocrines (minireview)

Endocrine Regulations

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 117-128

  Brtkova, A ^a,b   Brtko, I ^b  

^a Research Institute of Nutrition Slovakia   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Metabolism; Minireview; Requirements; Selenium; Selenoenzymes; Selenoproteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001542308     PISSN: 12100668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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