The importance of selenium to human health

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Volumn 356, Issue 9225, 2000, Pages 233-241

  Rayman, Margaret P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ENZYME; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MOOD; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034662094     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02490-9     Document Type: Review

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