Metabolism of subtoxic levels of selenium in animals and humans

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-113

  Whanger, Philip ^a   Vendeland, Susan ^a   Park, Yeong Chul ^a,c   Xia, Yiming ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENATE; SELENITE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENOMETHIONINE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHINA; DIET; GLUCOSE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MACACA MULATTA; RATS; SELENIUM;

EID: 0030010511     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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