Randomized controlled trial of the effect of selenium supplementation on thyroid function in the elderly in the United Kingdom

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-378

  Rayman, Margaret P ^a   Thompson, Alexander J ^a   Bekaert, Bram ^a   Catterick, Janet ^a   Galassini, Rachel ^a   Hall, Emma ^b   Warren Perry, Margaret ^a   Beckett, Geoffrey J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Randomized controlled trial; Selenium; T3; T4; Thyroid; UK elderly

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PLACEBO; SELENIUM; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 38949114274     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.2.370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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