Acute selenium toxicity associated with a dietary supplement

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-261

  MacFarquhar, Jennifer K ^a,c   Broussard, Danielle L ^d,e   Melstrom, Paul ^a,f   Hutchinson, Richard ^d   Wolkin, Amy ^b   Martin, Colleen ^b   Burk, Raymond F ^g   Dunn, John R ^c   Green, Alice L ^c   Hammond, Roberta ^d   Schaffner, William ^c,g   Jones, Timothy F ^c,g  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists   (United States)

^f Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELENOSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149108787     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.495     Document Type: Article

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