Quantitative significance of measuring trimethylselenonium in urine for assessing chronically high intakes of selenium in human subjects

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-297

  Janghorbani, M ^a   Xia, Y ^b   Ha, P ^b   Whanger, P D ^c   Butler, J A ^c   Olesik, J W ^d   Daniels, L ^d  

^a Biochemanalysis Corporation   (United States)

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

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese men; Selenium; Stable isotopes; Urine

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CATABOLISM; CHINESE; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0032869475     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s000711459900149x     Document Type: Article

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