DIAGNOSIS OF SELENIUM CONTENT IN POPULATION AND ITS DEFICIT ASSESSMENT
Epidemiological research of selenium content in an organism in various age groups of the population is presented based on the offered way of diagnostics (the patent for the invention № 2412654 «the Way of diagnostics of selenium content in a human body», it is registered in the State registry of inventions of the Russian Federation on February, 27th 2011)It helps to defi ne defi ciency of selenium by a screening method. The presented method gives the chance to determine selenium status of a human body during screening within a large population and to use it while carrying out epidemiological monitoring introducing programs of selenium defi ciency correction. Average content of microelements in the population of Khabarovsk and presence selenium defi ct from age of the person is demonstrated. The minimum level is revealed in children at the age of 2 years of life and adult people over 50 years of age.