Selenium for preventing cancer
BACKGROUND: Selenium is a trace element essential to humans. Higher selenium exposure and selenium supplements have been suggested to protect against several types of cancers. OBJECTIVE: Two research questions were addressed in this review: What is the evidence for: 1. an aetiological relationship b...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802012000100013&lng=en&tlng=en |