title: [Consumption of selenium in the city of Caracas in comparison with other cities of the world].
abstract: Ingestion of selenium in Caracas, compared with some other cities. Fourty-two different food products acquired in Caracas were analized for their selenium content and the results compared with those reporte in food from Beltsville, Md. When the selenium level of a normal diet of 2200 cal is calculated, a selenium ingestion of about 220 mcg/d is found for Caracas, compared with several diets from Canada shows that the they contain from 1/3 to 2/3 of the amount of selenium as similar as similar diets in Caracas.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004032:Diet; D005504:Food Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012643:Selenium; D014481:United States; D014687:Venezuela
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium
vernacular_title: Consumo de selenio en la ciudad de Caracas en comparación con el de otras ciudades del mundo