Prospective Study of Selenium Levels in Toenails and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 852-860

  Yoshizawa, Kazuko ^a   Ascherio, Alberto ^a   Morris, J Steven ^b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,c   Glovannucci, Edward ^a,c   Baskett, Connie K ^b   Willett, Walter C ^a,c   Rimm, Eric B ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Nutrition; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TOE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOES;

EID: 0142219381     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg052     Document Type: Article

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