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Functional markers of selenium status: UK Food Standards Agency workshop report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2007

Rachel Elsom*
Affiliation:
Food Standards Agency, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH, UK
Peter Sanderson
Affiliation:
Food Standards Agency, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH, UK
John E. Hesketh
Affiliation:
Institute of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Malcolm J. Jackson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK
Susan J. Fairweather-Tait
Affiliation:
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK
Björn Åkesson
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden
Jean Handy
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, NC 27599, USA
John R. Arthur
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK
*
*Corresponding author: Ms Rachel Elsom, fax +44 20 7276 8906, email rachel.elsom@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Abstract

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The workshop was organised to discuss the validity and limitations of existing functional markers of Se status in human subjects and to identify future research priorities in this area. Studies presented as part of this workshop investigated: the bioavailability of Se from different dietary sources; potential functional markers of Se status; individual variation in response to Se; the effect of marginal Se status on immune function. The workshop highlighted the need to define the relationship between functional markers of Se status and health outcomes.

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Workshop Report
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2006

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