Nationwide supplementation of sodium selenate to commercial fertilizers: History and 25-year results from the finnish selenium monitoring programme

Combating Micronutrient Deficiencies: Food-based Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 312-337

  Alfthan, Georg ^a   Aspila, Pentti ^b   Ekholm, Päivi ^c   Eurola, Merja ^b   Hartikainen, Helinä ^c   Hero, Heikki ^d   Hietaniemi, Veli ^b   Root, Tarja ^e   Salminen, Pirjo ^f   Venäl̈inen, Eija Riitta ^e   Aro, Antti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Kemira GrowHow Oy   (Finland)

^e NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Maa ja metsatalousministerio Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Environment; Feeds; Finland; Foods; Human selenium status; Monitoring programme; Selenate; Selenium fertilizers; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890780152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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