Blood selenium concentration of residents of Upper Silesia: Relation to age and gender

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 753-758

  Klapcinska B ^a   Poprzecki, S ^a   Danch, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; The elderly; Upper Silesia; Whole blood selenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751018255     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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