Selenium: Present Status and Perspectives in Biology and Medicine [Paperback]

Selenium Deficiency in the Federal Republic of Germany.- Selenium: Geochemical Distribution and Association with Human Heart and Cancer Death Rates and Longevity in China and the United States.- The Organ Distribution of Selenium in German Adults.- Correlations of Blood Selenium with Hematological Parameters in West German Adults.- Selenium in Platelets.- Effect of Selenium Supplementation on Platelet Selenium, Glutathione Peroxidase, and Aggregation.- Selenite Metabolism in Rat and Human Blood.- Selenium, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury Concentrations in Human Breast Milk, in Placenta, Maternal Blood, and the Blood of the Newborn.- Comparison of Whole Blood Selenium Values and Erythrocyte Glutathione Peroxidase Activities of Normal Individuals on Supplementation with Selenate, Selenite, L-Selenomethionine, and High Selenium Yeast.- Clinical Aspects of Selenium Metabolism.- Selenium in Total Parenteral Nutrition.- Selenium in Cardiology and Angiology.- Abnormalities of Blood Selenium and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Aids-Related Complex.- Selenium in Chronic Neurologic Diseases: Multiple Sclerosis and Battens Disease.- The Distribution of Selenium in Human Blood Samples of Israeli PopulationComparison between Normal and Breast Cancer Patients.- Arsenic, Selenium, and Zinc in Patients with Blackfoot Disease.- Selenium: Preclinical Studies of Anticancer Therapeutic Potential.- Selenium Chemoprevention of Liver Cancer in Animals and Possible Human Applications.- Biochemical and Cellular Aspects of the Anticancer Activity of Selenium.- Antagonistic Effect of Selenite on Tumor Promoter Induced Cell Proliferation in Cultures of Rat Tongue Epithelium.- Zinc-Selenium Interaction in the Rat.- Selenium in the Anterior Pituitary of the Rat after a Single Injection of 75Se Sodium Selenite.- Experimental Study on Interactions between Selenium and Tin in Mice.- Author Index.Springer Book Archives