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The elderly participants in this study already had higher selenium levels than people in earlier studies where selenium helped thyroid function, which suggests selenium supplements may only help...

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

Randomized Controlled Trial
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2008 Feb

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

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DOI: 10.1093/AJCN/87.2.370