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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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