Dietary and biochemical selenium status of urban 6- to 24-month-old South Island New Zealand children and their postpartum mothers

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3290-3295

  McLachlan, Sarah K ^a   Thomson, Christine D ^a   Ferguson, Elaine L ^a   McKenzie, Joanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children; Dietary selenium; Infants; Mothers; New Zealand; Selenium status

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; MOTHER; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

EID: 10044296311     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.12.3290     Document Type: Article

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