Landscapes of longevity: The calcium-selenium-mercury connection in cancer and heart disease

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-360

  Foster, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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AFRICA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030993207     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90107-9     Document Type: Article

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