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

• Published in: Environment International
• Main Authors: Lemire, Mélanie, Little, Matthew, Achouba, Adel, Ayotte, Pierre, Dumas, Marie-Pierre, Ouellet, Nathalie
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc. 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Marine country foods; Inuit; Selenium; Mercury; Selenoneine; Sélénium > Composés; Inuits > Alimentation; Inuits > Santé et hygiène; Érythrocytes; Gibier (Aliment); Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Nunavik; Ungava Bay; Beluga; Beluga*; Human health; inuit; inuits
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/38343; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.11.077

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,...