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Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids (2000)
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. "H Glossary and Acronyms." Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.

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DRI DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES FOR Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids

FOX

Ferrous oxidation/xylenol orange

FNB

Food and Nutrition Board

FT3

Free triiodothyronine

Function

Role played by a nutrient in growth, development and maturation

GSH

Reduced glutathione

GSHPx

Selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidases

GSSG

Oxidized glutathione

Gun blue

Lubricant solution containing selenious acid, nitric acid, and copper nitrate

H2O2

Hydrogen peroxide

Hazard identification

First step in a risk assessment, which is concerned with the collection, organization, and evaluation of all information pertaining to the toxic properties of a nutrient

HDL

High-density lipoprotein

Hind milk

Human milk collected at the end of an infant feeding

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

HOCl

Hypochlorous acid

HOPE

Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation

HPLC

High-performance liquid chromatography

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICAM-1

Intracellular cell adhesion molecule

IOM

Institute of Medicine

Kashin-Beck disease

Human cartilage disease found in some of the low-selenium intake areas in Asia

Keshan disease

Human cardiomyopathy that occurs only in selenium-deficient children

LDL

Low-density lipoprotein

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