Serum selenium concentration in patients with asthma and its relationship to duration and severity

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 216-221

  Khadadah, M E ^a   Dashti, H ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Asthma; Selenium; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 22544476567     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/tep22216     Document Type: Article

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