Determination of selenium concentration in serum and toenail as an indicator of selenium status

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-163

  Al Saleh, I ^a   Billedo, G ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SELENIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NAIL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL; TOE; VENOUS BLOOD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NAILS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SAUDI ARABIA; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 33748768745     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1045-4     Document Type: Article

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