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Assessment of requirements for selenium and adequacy of selenium status: a review by Thomson, C.D

“…Objective: The intent of this review is to evaluate the scientific evidence for the assessment of adequacy of selenium status and of the requirements for…”
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Selenium status and allergic disease in a cohort of New Zealand children by Thomson, C. D., Wickens, K., Miller, J., Ingham, T., Lampshire, P., Epton, M. J., Town, G. I., Pattemore, P., Crane, J.

“…Summary Background New Zealand has one of the highest rates of asthma and atopy. Selenium has been implicated in the aetiology of asthma, and associations…”
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Selenium status and allergic disease in a cohort of New Zealand children by Thomson, C D, Wickens, K, Miller, J, Ingham, T, Lampshire, P, Epton, MJ, Town, GI, Pattemore, P, Crane, J

“…New Zealand has one of the highest rates of asthma and atopy. Selenium has been implicated in the aetiology of asthma, and associations between low selenium…”
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An estimation of selenium requirements for New Zealanders by DUFFIELD, A. J, THOMSON, C. D, HILL, K. E, WILLIAMS, S

“…Current US dietary recommendations for selenium are based on maximization of plasma glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) activity according to data from one study of…”
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Selenium speciation in human body fluids by Thomson, C D

“…Selenium consumed by humans in foods and in supplements exists in a number of different organic and inorganic forms including selenomethionine, selenocysteine,…”
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Mild iodine deficiency in a sample of New Zealand schoolchildren by SKEAFF, S. A, THOMSON, C. D, GIBSON, R. S

“…To assess the iodine status of New Zealand schoolchildren. A proportionate to population size school-based cluster survey was used to randomly select children…”
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Urinary iodine and thyroid status of New Zealand residents by THOMSON, C. D, WOODRUFFE, S, COLLS, A. J, JOSEPH, J, DOYLE, T. C

“…The aim of this project was to assess the clinical significance of our low iodine excretions in terms of thyroid hormone status and thyroid volume in an adult…”
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Urinary selenium and iodine during pregnancy and lactation by Thomson, C.D., Packer, M.A., Butler, J.A., Duffield, A.J., O'Donaghue, K.L., Whanger, P.D.

“…The New Zealand environment is low in selenium and iodine, and is therefore ideally suited for the study of these anionic trace elements. The aim of this study…”
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The changing selenium status of New Zealand residents by Thomson, C D, Robinson, M F

“…The aim of this paper was to compile all the studies of selenium status carried out in Otago and in other areas of New Zealand in order to follow the history…”
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Long-term supplementation with selenate and selenomethionine: Selenium and glutathione peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.9) in blood components of New Zealand women by Thomson, Christine D., Robinson, Marion F., Butler, Judy A., Whanger, Phllip D.

“…Thirty-three New Zealand women aged 18–23 years received daily for 32 weeks, 200 μg Se as Seenriched yeast (selenomethionine), or brewer's yeast mixed with…”
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A comparison of methods of assessment of dietary selenium intakes in Otago, New Zealand by Duffield, Anna J., Thomson, Christine D.

“…The aims of the present study were (1) to compare three methods of assessment of dietary Se intake, i.e. chemical analysis of duplicate diets, diet records and…”
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Iodine status of New Zealand residents as assessed by urinary iodide excretion and thyroid hormones by Thomson, Christine D., Colls, Andrew J., Conaglen, John V., Macormack, Matthew, Stiles, Martin, Mann, Jim

“…The aims of this study were (1) to compare various measures of I status, and (2) to assess urinary I and thyroid hormone status of residents of two areas of…”
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Selenium distribution in blood fractions of New Zealand women taking organic or inorganic selenium by Butler, JA, Thomson, CD, Whanger, PD, Robinson, MF

“…Three groups of 11 New Zealand women each received, for 32 wk, yeast tablets with no added selenium (placebo) or 200 ng Se/d in tablets either as selenate or…”
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An Evaluation of Urinary Measures of Iodine and Selenium Status by Thomson, C.D., Smith, T.E., Butler, K.A., Packer, M.A.

“…The aim of this study was to establish methodology for a survey of the iodine and selenium status of New Zealand residents, more specifically to investigate…”
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Selenium supplementation affects the retention of stable isotopes of selenium in human subjects consuming diets low in selenium by Finley, John W., Duffield, Anna, Ha, Pengcheng, Vanderpool, Richard A., Thomson, Christine D.

“…Twenty-nine women and fifteen men from an area of low Se intake (South Island of New Zealand) consumed 100 μg stable 74Se, as selenate given in water after an…”
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Urinary and fecal excretions and absorption of a large supplement of selenium: superiority of selenate over selenite by Thomson, CD, Robinson, MF

“…A correction needs to be made to the form of selenium used in earlier studies; what was believed to be selenite-Se in solution is now known to have been…”
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Long-term supplementation with selenate and selenomethionine: urinary excretion by New Zealand women by Robinson, Marion F., Thomson, Christine D., Jenkinson, Christopher P., Luzhen, Gu, Whanger, Philip D

“…Thirty-six New Zealand women aged between 18 and 23 years received daily for 32 weeks, 200 µg Se as Se-enriched yeast (selenomethionine, SeMet), or brewer's…”
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Blood selenium and glutathione peroxidase activity of populations in New Zealand, Oregon, and South Dakota by Whanger, P D, Beilstein, M A, Thomson, C D, Robinson, M F, Howe, M

“…The relationship of whole blood selenium (Se) to glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity was examined for individuals in New Zealand, Oregon, and South Dakota…”
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Reduced selenium in asthmatic subjects in New Zealand by Flatt, A, Pearce, N, Thomson, C D, Sears, M R, Robinson, M F, Beasley, R

“…Selenium is an essential component of glutathione peroxidase, an enzyme that helps protect cells against oxidation damage and modulates the lipoxygenase…”
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ANN compression of morphologically similar ECG complexes by HAMILTON, D. J, THOMSON, D. C, SANDHAM, W. A

“…A compression algorithm for electrocardiogram signals is presented, based on an auto-associative neural network. Issues of weight and activation coding are…”
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