Selenium in Food and Health
This book provides readers with a clear and reliable account of the extraordinary story of selenium and its role in human health. It is written in a readable and user-friendly manner, and takes into account the considerable amount of fresh information that has been published over the past decade. The book if for the reader who wants to make an informed judgment about the competing claims for and against Selenium’s value as a nutritional supplement.

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Selenium in Food and Health
This book provides readers with a clear and reliable account of the extraordinary story of selenium and its role in human health. It is written in a readable and user-friendly manner, and takes into account the considerable amount of fresh information that has been published over the past decade. The book if for the reader who wants to make an informed judgment about the competing claims for and against Selenium’s value as a nutritional supplement.

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Selenium in Food and Health

Selenium in Food and Health

by Conor Reilly
Selenium in Food and Health

Selenium in Food and Health

by Conor Reilly

Paperback(Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2006)

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This book provides readers with a clear and reliable account of the extraordinary story of selenium and its role in human health. It is written in a readable and user-friendly manner, and takes into account the considerable amount of fresh information that has been published over the past decade. The book if for the reader who wants to make an informed judgment about the competing claims for and against Selenium’s value as a nutritional supplement.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441941176
Publisher: Springer US
Publication date: 10/29/2010
Edition description: Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2006
Pages: 206
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

The biology of selenium.- Selenium metabolism.- Selenium in health and disease I: The agricultural connection.- Selenium in health and disease II: Endemic selenium-related conditions in humans.- Selenium in health and disease III: Nonendemic selenium-responsive conditions, cancer, and coronary vascular disease.- Selenium in health and disease IV: The immune response and other selenium-related conditions.- Selenium in health and disease V: Selenium deficiency in search of a disease?.- Selenium in foods.- Selenium in diets.
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