Associations between Urinary and Dietary Selenium and Blood Metabolic Parameters in a Healthy Northern Italy Population

• Main Authors: Teresa Urbano (Author), Tommaso Filippini (Author), Daniela Lasagni (Author), Tiziana De Luca (Author), Sabrina Sucato (Author), Elisa Polledri (Author), Francesco Bruzziches (Author), Marcella Malavolti (Author), Claudia Baraldi (Author), Annalisa Santachiara (Author), Thelma A. Pertinhez (Author), Roberto Baricchi (Author), Silvia Fustinoni (Author), Marco Vinceti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Selenium is both an essential nutrient and a highly toxic element, depending on its dose and chemical forms. We aimed to quantify urinary selenium excretion and dietary selenium intake in 137 healthy non-smoking blood donors living in the northern Italian province of Reggio Emilia. We assessed selen...