Mortality in a population with long-term exposure to inorganic selenium via drinking water

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1062-1068

  Vinceti, Marco ^a   Nacci, Grazia ^a   Rocchi, Enrico ^b   Cassinadri, Teresa ^b   Vivoli, Roberto ^a   Marchesi, Cristina ^b   Bergomi, Margherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Emilia Romagna Region ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cohort study; Drinking water; Mortality; Motor neuron disease; Neoplasms; Selenium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; SELENIUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0033797469     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00233-X     Document Type: Article

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