Selenium: Present Status and Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

by Gerhard N. Schrauzer (Editor)

This volume reflects clinical and experimental research on selenium. Papers focus on biomedical and ecological aspects of this element, with special emphasis on the distribution of selenium in body organs and fluids, its role and mechanisms in human disease, its effects on cancer, its usefulness in treatment of disease, manifestations of selenium deficiency in various countries, and aspects of selenium supplementation.

316 pages, Paperback

First published June 9, 1988