Steven C Hertler, Herbert Krauss, Alfred Ward
Assessing diachronic reasoning: exploratory measures of perceived self-change in young adults
Psychological reports
strongly suggested selenium deficiency t2 toxin contamination strong relationship occurrence development kashinbeck disease kbd order provide information understanding high prevalence kbd tibet study collected responses cubital venous blood dietary questionnaire 125 subjects including 75 kbd patients 50 healthy controls kbdprevalent county luolong county tibet china total 10 household local families randomly selected area local diet samples brick tea zanba powder milk residue hulless barley collected residents selenium content blood detected inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry icpms t2 toxin contamination level food sample assayed using elisa kit selenium levels patients controls 420 198 5606 224 gl respectively serum selenium level controls higher patients significant difference serum selenium level patients controls tibet lower normal range results dietary survey showed number respondents consumed butter tea large 4667 patients indicated drank buttered tea every day significantly higher controls contents t2 toxin zanba powder milk residue hulless barley drinking water samples detection limit 005 gkg result labeled tr unexpectedly contents t2 toxin brick tea higher average levels 424 56 gkg detong village 396 24 gkg langcuo village first time report presence extremely high concentration t2 toxin brick tea tibet