[The human selenium status in the Far East of Russia].

Serum selenium concentration was determined for 426 inhabitants of Khabarovsk land, Jewish district and several towns of Sakhalin, Sakha republic, Magadan and Kamchatka regions. Concentration range was found to be 69,4-116,9 microg/L with the lowest values being typical for Komsomolsk-na-Amure and Nikolaevsk-na-Amure (about 70 microg/L), the highest - for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (125 microg/L). Mean selenium consumption for Khabarovsk residents was 80,9 microg/L, cereals, meat and fish being the main selenium sources (33,30 and 29% respectively).