Determinants of selenoneine concentration in red blood cells of Inuit from Nunavik (Northern Québec, Canada)

• Published in: Environment International
• Main Authors: Matthew Little, Adel Achouba, Pierre Dumas, Nathalie Ouellet, Pierre Ayotte, Mélanie Lemire
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: envir; socio; Hudson Bay; Nunavik; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Ungava Bay; Beluga; Beluga*; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.11.077; https://doaj.org/article/1b5e75c12c30419ca674284c34876dd8

Selenium (Se) is a trace mineral essential to human health, and is especially abundant in marine foods consumed by Inuit populations in Nunavik (northern Quebec, Canada), leading to exceptionally high whole blood Se levels. While most epidemiological studies to date examine plasma or whole blood Se,...