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A high-selenium lentil dietary intervention in Bangladesh to counteract arsenic toxicity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Millions of people worldwide are exposed to dangerous levels of arsenic (above the WHO water standard of 10 ppb) in drinking water and food. Lack of nutritious foods exacerbates the adverse health effects of arsenic poisoning. The micronutrient selenium is a known antagonist to arsenic,...

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Autores principales: Krohn, Regina M., Raqib, Rubhana, Akhtar, Evana, Vandenberg, Albert, Smits, Judit E. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27121115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1344-y