Fish arsenic may influence human blood arsenic, selenium, and T4:T3 ratio

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 83-98

  Meltzer, Helle M ^a   Maage, Amund ^b   Ydersbond, Trond A ^c   Haug, Egil ^d   Glattre, Eystein ^e   Holm, Halvor ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

^c STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^d AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fish; Humans; Selenium; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; LIOTHYRONINE; METHIONINE; SELENIUM; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; SEAFOOD; SELENIUM; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0036965028     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:90:1-3:83     Document Type: Article

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