Primary school children from northeast Thailand are not at risk of selenium deficiency

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-481

  Krittaphol, Woravimol ^a   Bailey, Karl B ^a   Pongcharoen, Tippawan ^b   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^b   Thomson, Christine ^a   Gibson, Rosalind S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Selenium; Serum; Thailand; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; THAILAND; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 33845448733     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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