Commentary: Neandertals and the thyroid gland: The selenium connection

Geographical Review

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-93

  Foster, Harold D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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SELENIUM;

EID: 2942616537     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2002.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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