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ArticleInternational journal of circumpolar health2021

Serum selenium levels and asthma among seafood processing workers in Greenland.

Birgitte Hamann Laustsen, Øyvind Omland, Else Toft Würtz, Louise Jørgensen, Jakob Hjort Bønløkke

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Article in International journal of circumpolar health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Birgitte Hamann LaustsenDepartment of Clinical Medicine, the Faculty of Medicine, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-5442-4592
Øyvind OmlandDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Else Toft WürtzOccupational Medicine, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Louise JørgensenDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Jakob Hjort BønløkkeDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8247-6576
Aalborg University · DKAalborg University Hospital · DKAarhus University Hospital · DKIlisimatusarfik · GLOdense University Hospital · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selenium levels in the Inuit population of Greenland have been declining during the last decades. The association between Selenium and asthma has been investigated previously, but with conflicting results. The objective was to measure human serum Se (s-Se) in Greenlandic seafood processing workers, to compare with levels recorded in previous decades and to establish if s-Se is associated with asthma or lung function. Data, including questionnaire answers, spirometry, skin-prick test and s-Se from 324 seafood processing workers in Greenland were collected during 2016-2017. Mean s-Se values were compared by t-test and one-way ANOVA. Associations between s-Se and asthma, symptoms from the lower airways at work and lung function were assessed using linear regression. The mean s-Se was 96.2 µg/L. S-Se was higher among non-smokers and workers living in settlements. Workers with asthma did not have s-Se levels significantly different from those of non-asthmatics. We found a positive association between s-Se levels and FEV

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AsthmaSeleniumGreenlandHumansSeafoodSpirometrySeleniumantioxidantasthmaGreenlandinuitlung functionseafoodSelenium

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PMCPMC8409947
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