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Assessment of Age-related Changes in Cognitive Functions Using EmoCogMeter, a Novel Tablet-computer Based Approach
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Correction to: Sex‑dependent association between selenium status and cognitive performance in older adults
Barbara Rita Cardoso1, Dominic J Hare2,3, Helen Macpherson4
1Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, 264 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill, VIC, 3168, Australia. barbara.cardoso@monash.edu.
European Journal of Nutrition
|January 5, 2021
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