Organic selenium supplementation increases mercury excretion and decreases oxidative damage in long-term mercury-exposed residents from Wanshan, China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 11313-11318

  Li, Yu Feng ^a   Dong, Zeqin ^c   Chen, Chunying ^b   Li, Bai ^a   Gao, Yuxi ^a   Qu, Liya ^c   Wang, Tianchen ^d   Fu, Xin ^e   Zhao, Yuliang ^a   Chai, Zhifang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Guizhou Institute of Environmental Science and Design   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED MERCURY; LOCAL RESIDENTS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION; URINARY MERCURY;

ALDEHYDES; BIOMOLECULES; MERCURY (METAL); PHYSIOLOGY; YEAST;

SELENIUM;

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOMARKER; EXCRETION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH RISK; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; OXIDATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELENIUM; SMELTING; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPPLEMENTATION; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHINA; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SELENIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; WANSHAN;

EID: 84870044559     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302241v     Document Type: Article

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