Plasma selenium concentrations in pregnant women in two countries with contrasting soil selenium levels

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 230-235

  Gibson, Rosalind S ^a   Bailey, Karl B ^a   Ampong Romano, Aurora B ^a   Thomson, Christine D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Malawi; Philippines; Pregnancy; Selenium; Soil

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY MASS; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAIZE; MALAWI; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; SOIL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALAWI; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SELENIUM; SOIL; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 82855161263     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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