title: Selenium status in Turkey. I. Serum selenium levels in infants and children in Ankara.
abstract: This study was initiated to evaluate the status of selenium in Turkish residents. Serum selenium level of 76 healthy children, living in Ankara, aged 2 mo-13 y was determined by a spectrofluorometric method. Average selenium level was found to be 88.1 +/- 12.4 micrograms/L (mean +/- SD). Selenium levels showed a tendency to increase with age and mean selenium level in early infancy was lower than that of school children; no relation to the sex and hematological parameters such as hemoglobin concentration and white blood cell counts were observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hincal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yetgin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ataçeri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012643:Selenium / Q000097:blood*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium