Soil-type influences human selenium status and underlies widespread selenium deficiency risks in Malawi

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hurst, Rachel ^a   Siyame, Edwin W P ^b   Young, Scott D ^c   Chilimba, Allan D C ^c,d   Joy, Edward J M ^c,e   Black, Colin R ^c   Ander, E Louise ^e   Watts, Michael J ^e   Chilima, Benson ^f   Gondwe, Jellita ^f   Kang'Ombe, Dalitso ^g   Stein, Alexander J ^h   Fairweather Tait, Susan J ^a   Gibson, Rosalind S ⁱ   Kalimbira, Alexander A ^b   Broadley, Martin R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Malawi)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^g Nutrition Unit of Ministry of Health   (Malawi)

^h INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PH; SOIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; FOOD; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALAWI; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SELENIUM; SOIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875126838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01425     Document Type: Article

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