
1541. selenium content of human milk  possible effect on dental caries
selenium appears to be a factor capable of increasing susceptibility to
dental caries in children and rats.  in an area considered to be
nonseleniferous, milk collected from 15 mothers (17-44 yr. old) of low
socio-economic class had a mean selenium content of 0.021 p.p.m.
(standard error  0.003).
