Clinical trial involving selenium supplementation to counter arsenic toxicity among rural population in Bangladesh

Understanding the Geological and Medical Interface of Arsenic, As 2012 - 4th International Congress: Arsenic in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 143-147

  Alauddin, M ^a   Wheaton, T ^a   Valencia, M ^a   Stekolchik, E ^a   Spallholz, J E ^b   La Porte, P F ^c   Ahmed, S ^d   Chakaraborty, B ^d   Bhattacharjee, M ^e   Zakaria, A B M ^e   Sultana, S ^e   George, Graham N ^f   Pickering, Ingrid J ^f   Gailer, Jürgen ^g  

^a WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Institute of Child and Mother Health Dhaka bd   (Bangladesh)

^e Exonics Technology Center   (Bangladesh)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; PEPTIDES;

ARSENIC TOXICITY; CHRONIC ARSENIC POISONING; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH COMPLIANCES; RURAL POPULATION; SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION; SELENOPROTEIN P; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

SELENIUM;

EID: 84864879995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b12522-59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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