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Selenium in Australia: selenium status and biofortification of wheat for better health.
Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) - 1 Jan 2005
Lyons Graham H, Judson Geoffrey J, Ortiz-Monasterio Ivan, Genc Yusuf, Stangoulis James C R, Graham Robin D
Abstract excerpt
Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient for humans and animals, but is deficient in at least a billion people worldwide. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major dietary source of Se. The largest survey to date of Se status of Australians found a mean plasma Se concentration of 103 microg/l in 288 Adelaide residents, just above the nutritional adequacy level. In the total sample analysed (six surveys from 1977...
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