| Title |
Selenium and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0026259 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Heidi Fritz, Deborah Kennedy, Dean Fergusson, Rochelle Fernandes, Kieran Cooley, Andrew Seely, Stephen Sagar, Raimond Wong, Dugald Seely |
| Abstract |
Selenium is a natural health product widely used in the treatment and prevention of lung cancers, but large chemoprevention trials have yielded conflicting results. We conducted a systematic review of selenium for lung cancers, and assessed potential interactions with conventional therapies. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 7 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 106 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
| Researcher | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 28 | 26% |
| Unknown | 21 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 7% |
| Psychology | 5 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 12% |
| Unknown | 25 | 23% |