Microelement composition of serum in Dolgans, indigenous inhabitants of the Russian Arctic, in the conditions of industrial development of territories

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: A. I. Sivtseva, E. N. Sivtseva, S. S. Shadrina, V. N. Melnikov, S. I. Boyakova, A. M. Dokhunaeva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020
• Subjects: trace elements; serum; indigenous peoples of the north; arctic; icp-ms inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; heavy metals; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Khaya; Anabar; Circumpolar Health; Human health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2020.1764304; https://doaj.org/article/46104a8f205d454caff3232dd550dc1f

The geochemical conditions of landscapes are the content in the environment of certain chemical elements and their compounds, the lack or excess of which causes deviations in the state of human health. This problem has arisen in connection with the extraction of alluvial diamonds and the forthcoming development of the Tomtor deposit of rare-earth metals in the territories where the indigenous peoples of the North live. The study included 107 indigenous people of the North, belonging to the ethnic group of Dolgans living in the village of Yuryung-Khaya, Anabar district, Yakutia of Russia. The method of mass spectrometry was used to study the content of 13 trace elements in blood serum (P, Sc, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Cs, Pb). The study revealed an increase in the content of the macroelement phosphorus (148 mg/L) and trace elements of chromium (277 μg/L), manganese (133 μg/L), iron (5219 μg/L), nickel (57 μg/L) in serum of Dolgans, which may affect the development of diseases of the cardiovascular system and other diseases among indigenous inhabitants of the Arctic under conditions of industrial development of territories.