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Serge Hercberg

Researcher at Nord University

Publications -  23
Citations -  477

Serge Hercberg is an academic researcher from Nord University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vitamin & Vitamin E. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 23 publications receiving 439 citations. Previous affiliations of Serge Hercberg include University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

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Impact of Trace Elements and Vitamin Supplementation on Immunity and Infections in Institutionalized Elderly Patients

TL;DR: Low-dose supplementation of zinc and selenium provides significant improvement in elderly patients by increasing the humoral response after vaccination and could have considerable public health importance by reducing morbidity from respiratory tract infections.
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Effects of trace element and/or vitamin supplementation on vitamin and mineral status, free radical metabolism and immunological markers in elderly long term-hospitalized subjects. Geriatric Network MIN. VIT. AOX.

TL;DR: A randomized double-blind trial was performed to assess the efficacity of differing combinations of antioxidant nutrients on biochemical parameters of vitamin and trace element status, immunological parameters and free radical metabolism in elderly long term hospitalized subjects.
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Micronutrient status in elderly people. Geriatrie/Min. Vit. Aux Network.

TL;DR: A high prevalence of low concentrations of vitamin C, zinc and selenium was revealed and simple regression analysis showed that most vitamins and trace elements were significantly negatively correlated with age.

Metabolic Syndrome in Relation to Structure and Function of Large Arteries: A Predominant Effect of Blood Pressure

TL;DR: Although the associations between MetS and these arterial parameters are related to insulin resistance, blood pressure was shown to be the most important MetS component in relation to structure and function of large arteries.
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Selenium and Prostate Cancer: Analysis of Individual Participant Data From Fifteen Prospective Studies

TL;DR: Nail, but not blood, selenium concentration is inversely associated with risk of total prostate cancer, possibly because nails are a more reliable marker of long-term selenum exposure.