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Blood selenium status in normal Punjabi population of Pakistan.

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.
Biological trace element research (impact factor: 1.92). 10/2010; 143(1):163-6. DOI:10.1007/s12011-010-8867-y pp.163-6
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ABSTRACT Selenium concentrations in the blood of 112 (56 females and 56 males) normal subjects, from different regions of the Punjab (Pakistan), have been determined using the technique of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The whole blood selenium concentrations were found to be 452 ± 12 ppb (parts per billion or nano-gram of Se per gram freeze-dried blood or 96 ± 3 μg/L ), with 470 ± 16 ppb (or 100 ± 4 μg/L) in female and 435 ± 16 ppb (or 92 ± 4 μg/L) in male population. Compared with other populations of the world, these levels are amongst the lowest.

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56 females
 
gram freeze-dried blood
 
inductively
 
male population
 
nano-gram
 
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plasma-mass spectrometry
 
Selenium concentrations
 
whole blood selenium concentrations