Original Contribution Selenium Level and Cognitive Function in Rural Elderly Chinese
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1 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. 2 Institute for Environmental Health and Related Product Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China. 3 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. 4 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. 5 Shandong Institute for Prevention and Treatment of Endemic Disease in China, Jinan, People’s Republic of China. 6 Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China. 7 Center for Aging Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. 8 Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN.
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