Symposium on 'Geographical and geological influences on nutrition': Factors controlling the distribution of selenium in the environment and their impact on health and nutrition

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-132

  Johnson, Christopher C ^a   Fordyce, Fiona M ^a   Rayman, Margaret P ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental Se; Human Se status; Se deficiency in China; Se intake in UK

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; SULFIDE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SELENOSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; THYROID FUNCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEAT;

CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SELENIUM; SOIL; TRITICUM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77949655512     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665109991807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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