Diet and Blood Concentrations of Essential and Non-Essential Elements among Rural Residents in Arctic Russia

• Published in: Nutrients
• Main Authors: Tatiana Sorokina, Nikita Sobolev, Natalia Belova, Andrey Aksenov, Dmitriy Kotsur, Anna Trofimova, Yulia Varakina, Andrej M. Grjibovski, Valerii Chashchin, Rimma Korobitsyna, Yngvar Thomassen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: country foods; dietary intake; trace metals; nutrients; iron status; indigenous population; Nutrition. Foods and food supply; TX341-641; Arctic; Navaga; Human health; nenets; Northern pike; Northwest Russia; Pink salmon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14235005; https://doaj.org/article/eb74d5277b2443169cca3e9c1149ce6c

Nutrition is an essential factor for human health. Earlier research has suggested that Arctic residents are vulnerable to environmental toxic exposures through traditional foods. Although Russia is the largest Arctic country, the evidence on the topic from the Russian part of the Arctic is scarce. W...