title: Selenium status in food grains of northern districts of India.
abstract: The selenium status in the food grains of the agricultural lands of northern parts of India was estimated by using the HG-AAS technique. The areas where lesser rains were received or less irrigation water was available in northern Indian states viz. Rajasthan and southern parts of the Haryana had higher selenium levels in food grains. Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and northern parts of the Haryana states had normal levels of selenium in their food grains, except for slightly lower selenium levels in a few areas that were affected by floods along the river Yamuna.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, MD-9, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore. sanjiv.k.yadav@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sanjiv K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Ishwar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Devender
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002523:Edible Grain / Q000737:chemistry*; D007194:India; D012015:Reference Standards; D012643:Selenium / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium