Selenium status and allergic disease in a cohort of New Zealand children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 560-567

  Thomson, C D ^a   Wickens, K ^b   Miller, J ^a   Ingham, T ^b   Lampshire, P ^b   Epton, M J ^c   Town, G I ^d   Pattemore, P ^c   Crane, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; Glutathione peroxidase; Persistent wheeze; Plasma selenium

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; RHINITIS; SEASON; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SIBLING; SMOKE; WHEEZING;

EID: 84863337882     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03924.x     Document Type: Article

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