Selenium research in Serbia, Yugoslavia

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Maksimović, Zoran ^a   Djujić, Ivana ^b  

^a SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Balkan nephropathy; Selenium content; Selenium deficiency; Urinary tract tumors

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; TISSUE LEVEL; URINARY TRACT TUMOR; YUGOSLAVIA;

CEREALS; DIET; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; SELENIUM; SOIL; YUGOSLAVIA;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0031855328     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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