EURRECA-Estimating Selenium Requirements for Deriving Dietary Reference Values

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1077-1096

  Hurst, Rachel ^a   Collings, Rachel ^a   Harvey, Linda J ^a   King, Maria ^a   Hooper, Lee ^a   Bouwman, Jildau ^b   Gurinovic, Mirjana ^c   Fairweather Tait, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

dietary reference values; glutathione peroxidase; nutrition; plasma selenium; requirements; Selenium; selenoprotein P; serum selenium

Indexed keywords

CURRENT REFERENCE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; REFERENCE VALUES; REQUIREMENTS; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; SELENOPROTEIN P; SYSTEMATIC SEARCHES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; NUTRITION; PEPTIDES; BIOMARKERS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SELENIUM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SELENIUM;

BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; REFERENCE VALUES; SELENIUM;

EID: 84883317937     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.742861     Document Type: Review

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