Selenium Deficiency in Serbia and Possible Effects on Health

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 300-306

  Maksimovic Z J ^a   Djujić, Ivana ^b  

^a SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HAIR; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; YUGOSLAVIA;

DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FOOD ANALYSIS; HAIR; HUMANS; SELENIUM; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0031227977     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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