The serum selenium concentrations in children and young adults: A long-term study during the Finnish selenium fertilization programme

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 529-535

  Wang, W C ^a,b   Makela A L ^a   Nanto V ^a   Makela P ^a   Lagstrom H ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age dependency; Selenium fertilization; Serum selenium

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CEREAL; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 0031819025     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600602     Document Type: Article

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