BLOOD-SERUM SELENIUM LEVEL OF ADULTS LIVING IN THE PROVINCE OF KAYSERI-TURKIYE

Blood serum selenium levels were determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry using palladium as matrix modifier in healthy adults of the province of Kayseri-Turkiye. The mean selenium concentr ation of 73 adults were found to be 1.635 (mu mol/l. Serum selenium co ncentrations in females were statistically lower than (p< 0.005) in ma les. There was a general tendency in the concentrations of selenium to increase with age. No significant correlations were found between ser um selenium concentrations and age groups and sexes.