A prospective epidemiological study (Lancet ii: 175-179, 1982) implicates low
concentrations of selenium in plasma in coronary atherogenesis. We examined this …

The possible epidemiologic relationship between selenium occurrence and cancer mortality
was studied in cities and states located in areas with different levels of selenium …

The essential trace mineral, selenium, is of fundamental importance to human health. As a
constituent of selenoproteins, selenium has structural and enzymic roles, in the latter context …

In a study of selenium status in 391 apparently healthy subjects resident in the south of
England statistical examination of the data showed a significant effect with regard to age …

Background: Inverse associations between selenium status and cancer risk have been
observed in animal studies, ecologic studies, and some case-control and prospective …

Selenium Selenium is an essential trace element that has a key role in the activity of
glutathione peroxidase, an enzyme that protects against oxidative tissue damage on a …

Nonexperimental studies suggest that individuals with higher selenium (Se) status are at
decreased risk of cancer. The Nutritional Prevention of Cancer (NPC) study randomized …

OBJECTIVE To present the results (to January 1996, the end of blinded treatment) of the
Nutritional Prevention of Cancer (NPC) Trial, a randomized trial of selenium (200 µg daily) …

Evidence from epidemiological studies and a human intervention trial indicates that
selenium (Se) may have chemopreventive activity in humans. This report summarizes a …

Selenium has been suggested to be anticarcinogenic and to play a role in the cellular
defense against oxidative stress. The association between toenail selenium (a marker of …