Variation of Serum Selenium (Se) in Children from Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Will Low Se Affect the Success of Salt Iodization in Ethiopia?
Dawd Gashu, Gulelate Desse, Karim Bougma, Aregash Samuel, Abdulaziz Adish, Barbara Stoecker & Grace Marquis · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015
Objectives: To assess Se status of 54-60 month-old children in the Amhara region, Ethiopia Methods: Serum from 280 children from five zones of the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results: The mean serum Se co...
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10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21143