Trace elements intake in the Faroe Islands. III. Element concentrations in human organs in populations from Bergen (Norway) and the Faroe Islands.
Flameless as well as flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry were used for the analysis of six elements (calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, cadmium and mercury) in human organs (liver, kidney cortex and medulla, heart, pancreas and spleen) from 13 bodies from Bergen and 10 from the Faroe Islands. Samples were taken at autopsy and the organs selected were without pathological signs. All patients were born between 1899 and 1923. Element concentrations in the organs studied were comparable to previous studies, except for high mercury and selenium values in the liver, the kidney cortex and medulla of subjects from the Faroe Islands. The high mercury and selenium values may be explained by the high consumption of pilot whales by the Faroe Islands population.
Institute of Nutrition, Directorate of Fisheries, Bergen, Norway.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis; D007668:Kidney / Q000032:analysis; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000032:analysis; D009664:Norway; D010179:Pancreas / Q000032:analysis; D012643:Selenium / Q000032:analysis; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013154:Spleen / Q000032:analysis; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
D014131:Trace Elements; D002104:Cadmium; D007501:Iron; D008628:Mercury; D012643:Selenium; D015032:Zinc; D002118:Calcium