Toenail selenium as biomarker: Reproducibility over a one-year period and factors influencing reproducibility

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Krogh, Vittorio ^a   Pala, Valeria ^a   Vinceti, Marco ^b   Berrino, Franco ^a   Ganzi, Angela ^c   Micheli, Andrea ^a   Muti, Paola ^d   Vescovi, Luciano ^b   Ferrari, Angela ^b   Fortini, Katia ^b   Sieri, Sabina ^a   Vivoli, Gianfranco ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Reproducibility; Selenium; Toenails

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAIL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING;

EID: 10744221712     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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