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Selenium and the Immune Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

R. J. Turner  and
Julie M. Finch
R. J. Turner
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3DA
Julie M. Finch
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury RG16 0NN
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Symposium on ‘Micronutrients and the immune response’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , August 1991 , pp. 275 - 285
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The Nutrition Society

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