Dietary intake of selenium and its concentration in breast milk

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-277

  Bianchi, M L P ^a   Cruz, A ^a   Zanetti, M A ^a   Dorea, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BMI; Dietary intake; Human milk; Selenium

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; MILK LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0032719832     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02783836     Document Type: Article

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