Distribution of toenail selenium levels in young adult Caucasians and African Americans in the United States: The CARDIA Trace Element Study

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 514 - 519
• Main Authors: Xun, Pengcheng, Bujnowski, Deborah, Liu, Kiang, Steve Morris, J., Guo, Zhongqin, He, Ka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.05.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Adult; Adults; African Americans - statistics & numerical data; ALCOHOLS; American young adults; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases; Cohort Studies; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CORONARIES; Distribution; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; Education; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Ethnicity; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Indicators; Male; Males; Medical sciences; Metals and various inorganic compounds; Nails - chemistry; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELENIUM; Selenium - analysis; Smoking; Soil (material); Subgroups; TOBACCO SMOKES; Toenail; Toxicology; Trace Elements - analysis; United States; Young Adult; United States; North America; America; USA; Toenail; Ethnicity; American young adults; Selenium; Distribution; Human; Ethnic group; Micronutrient; Toxicokinetics; Trace element; Nail(anatomy); Race; Young adult; Caucasoid; Public health; African American

Data on selenium (Se) levels in American young adults, especially in African Americans, are lacking. This study presented toenail Se distributions in American young adults of both genders, including both Caucasians and African Americans; and explored potential predictors of toenail Se levels. Data f...