Selenium from dietary sources and motor functions in the Brazilian Amazon

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 944-953

  Lemire, Mélanie ^a   Fillion, Myriam ^a   Frenette, Benoît ^b   Passos, Carlos José Sousa ^c   Guimarães, Jean Rémy Davée ^d   Barbosa, Fernando ^e   Mergler, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain; Brazilian Amazon; Fish eating population; Mercury; Motor functions; Muscle; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIVERS; SEAFOOD; SELENIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80055092344     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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