Prospective study of serum selenium concentrations and esophageal and gastric cardia cancer, heart disease, stroke, and total death

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-85

  Wei, Wen Qiang ^a   Abnet, Christian C ^b   Qiao, You Lin ^a   Dawsey, Sanford M ^b   Dong, Zhi Wei ^a   Sun, Xiu Di ^a   Fan, Jin Hu ^a   Gunter, Elaine W ^c   Taylor, Philip R ^b   Mark, Steven D ^b  

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Gastric cardia cancer; Heart disease; Selenium; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STROKE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 3042785932     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.1.80     Document Type: Article

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