Selenium deficiency in yugoslavia |
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Authors: | Zoran J Maksimovi? Ivana Djuji? Vidojko Jovi? Mihailo R?umovi? |
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Institution: | (1) Geochemical Laboratory, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Djušina 7, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia;(2) Institute for Chemistry, Technology, and Metallurgy, Belgrade;(3) The Highway Institute, Belgrade |
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Abstract: | Data on selenium (Se) deficiency in Yugoslavia are presented. The results include Se content of soil, cereal crops, and garlic
grown in these soils, and human serum and scalp hair from several towns and regions. All data indicate a serious Se deficiency:
soil (n=140), the mean value of 200±69.6 μg/kg Se; wheat, (58)
= 20.5 ± 12.4 μg/kg; corn, (79)
= 13.7 ± 13.6 μg/kg; and garlic, (66)
= 13.7 ± 17.1 μg/kg Se. Analyses of human tissue show a very low Se status of the Yugoslav population: serum, (n=875)
= 50.0 ± 18.0 μg/L and scalp hair, (388)
= 94 ± 16 μg/kg Se. In some regions, Se contents of grain, garlic, and human serum and hair are approaching those in the
low-Se belt in China. It is assumed that very low Se status of a human population could be a risk factor in the development
of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN) and in a high incidence of urinary tract tumors (UTT) in endemic areas.
A portion of these results were presented at the International Symposium on Selenium, Belgrade, May 12–15, 1991, Abstracts
p.1, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. |
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Keywords: | Selenium deficiency soil grain garlic human serum scalp hair Yugoslavia |
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