No evidence of selenosis from a selenium-rich diet in the Brazilian Amazon

Environment International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-136

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

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil nut; Dietary sources; Mercury; Selenium; Selenosis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL); NOBELIUM; SELENIUM; SURVEYS; TOXICITY;

ANTI-OXIDANTS; BRAZIL NUT; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; CHEMICAL FORMS; DIETARY SOURCES; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FISH SPECIES; MEDICAL HISTORY; SELENOSIS; SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

NUTRITION;

SELENIUM;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; HEALTH STATUS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELENOSIS; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; TAPAJOS RIVER;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 84856226869     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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