Adverse health effects of selenium in humans

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 233-251

  Vinceti, Marco ^a   Wei, Edward T ^a   Malagoli, Carlotta ^a   Bergomi, Margherita ^a   Vivoli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SELENIUM; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CANCER RISK; DERMATITIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONE METABOLISM; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORBIDITY; MOTONEURON; NAIL DISEASE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; REVIEW; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0035736056     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2001.16.4.233     Document Type: Review

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