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Cross sectional study of serum selenium concentration and esophageal squamous dysplasia in western Kenya

BACKGROUND: Low serum selenium status has been associated with increased risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). East Africa is a region of high ESCC incidence and is known to have low soil selenium levels, but this association has not previously been evaluated. In this study we assessed...

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Autores principales: Pritchett, Natalie R., Burgert, Stephen L., Murphy, Gwen A., Brockman, John D., White, Russell E., Lando, Justus, Chepkwony, Robert, Topazian, Mark D., Abnet, Christian C., Dawsey, Sanford M., Mwachiro, Michael M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5721656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29216866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3837-9