Serum selenium levels in the US population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Niskar, Amanda S ^a   Paschal, Daniel C ^a   Kieszak, Stephanie M ^a   Flegal, Katherine M ^b   Bowman, Barbara ^c   Gunter, Elaine W ^a   Pirkle, James L ^a   Rubin, Carol ^a   Sampson, Eric J ^a   McGeehin, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Ethnicity; Geographic; Income; NHANES III; Race; Selenium; Serum; Sex; United States

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12244281856     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:91:1:1     Document Type: Article

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