Selenium neurotoxicity in humans: Bridging laboratory and epidemiologic studies

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 295-303

  Vinceti, Marco ^a   Mandrioli, Jessica ^a   Borella, Paola ^a   Michalke, Bernhard ^b   Tsatsakis, Aristidis ^c   Finkelstein, Yoram ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Epidemiologic studies; Nervous system diseases; Neurotoxicity syndromes; Risk assessment; Selenium

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETHARGY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROTOXICITY; PARESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LABORATORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM;

EID: 84907172982     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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