Association between toenail selenium and risk of acute myocardial infarction in European men: The EURAMIC study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 373-379

  Kardinaal, Alwine F M ^a   Kok, Frans J ^b   Kohlmeier, Lenore ^c   Martin Moreno, José M ^d   Ringstad, Jetmund ^e   Gómez Aracena, Jorge ^f   Mazaev, Vladimir P ^g   Thamm, Michael ^h   Martin, Biaise C ⁱ   Aro, Antti ^j   Kark, Jeremy D ^k   Delgado Rodriguez, Miguel ^l   Riemersma, Rudolph A ^m   Veer, Pieter Van't ^b   Huttunen, Jussi K ^j  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c IL   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e Østfold Central Hospital   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^g NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR THERAPY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^h ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

antioxidants; case control studies; myocardial infarction; selenium

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0031059699     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009115     Document Type: Article

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