1. Preface

   • G. N. Schrauzer

   EditorialNotes Pages: v - v

2. Selenium deficiency in the Federal Republic of Germany

   • W. Hartfiel
   • N. Bahners

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 12

3. Selenium: Geochemical distribution and associations with human heart and cancer death rates and longevity in China and the United States

   • M. L. Jackson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 21

4. The organ distribution of selenium in German adults

   • O. Oster
   • G. Schmiedel
   • W. Prellwitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 45

5. Correlations of blood selenium with hematological parameters in West German Adults

   • O. Oster
   • G. Schmiedel
   • W. Prellwitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 81

6. Selenium in platelets

   • Josef Kiem

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 88

7. Effect of selenium supplementation on platelet selenium, glutathione peroxidase, and aggregation

   • Yong Xian Wang
   • Josef Kiem

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 96

8. Selenite metabolism in rat and human blood

   • Alberto Mas
   • Jiuyu Jiang
   • Bibudhendra Sarkar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 110

9. Selenium, cadmium, lead, and mercury concentrations in human breast milk, in placenta, maternal blood, and the blood of the newborn

   • P. Schramel
   • S. Hasse
   • J. Ovcar-Pavlu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 124

10. 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

    • Jørgen Clausen
    • Søren Achim Nielsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 138

11. Clinical aspects of selenium metabolism

    • H. Zumkley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 146

12. Selenium in total parenteral nutrition

    • H. B. von Stockhausen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 155

13. Selenium in cardiology and angiology

    • H. Koehler
    • H. J. Peters
    • H. J. Duck

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 166

14. Abnormalities of blood selenium and glutathione peroxidase activity in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and aids-related complex

    • Brad M. Dworkin
    • William S. Rosenthal
    • Anthony Herp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 177

15. Selenium in chronic neurologic diseases

    • Jørgen Clausen
    • Gunde Egeskov Jensen
    • Søren Achim Nielsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 203

16. The distribution of selenium in human blood samples of Israeli population—Comparison between normal and breast cancer cases

    • S. Chaitchik
    • C. Shenberg
    • M. Mantel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 212

17. Arsenic, selenium, and zinc in patients with blackfoot disease

    • S. M. Lin
    • M. H. Yang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 221

18. Selenium

    • Gerald Batist

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 229

19. Selenium chemoprevention of liver cancer in animals and possible human applications

    • S. Y. Yu
    • Y. J. Chu
    • W. G. Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 241

20. Biochemical and cellular aspects of the anticancer activity of selenium

    • S. Y. Yu
    • P. Ao
    • Q. Y. Liu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 255

21. Antagonistic effect of selenite on tumor promoter induced cell proliferation in cultures of rat tongue epithelium

    • Dorthe Arenholt-Bindslev
    • Børge Larsen
    • Arne Jepsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 266

22. Zinc-selenium interaction in the rat

    • J. Chmielnicka
    • G. Zaręba
    • E. Brzeźnicka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 276

23. Selenium in the anterior pituitary of the rat after a single injection of⁷⁵Se sodium selenite

    • O. Thorlacius-Ussing
    • F. Taagehøj Jensen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 287

24. Experimental study on interactions between selenium and tin in mice

    • Momoko Chiba
    • Nobuko Kamiya
    • Masakazu Kikuchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 301