[Iodine content in breast milk of nursing mother in norme and premature birth].

Iodine content in breast milk depends on the consumption level of iodine. Iodine deficiency in mothers results in inadequate iodine status of neonates. Premature birth effect on iodine excretion with urine and iodine content in breast milk was investigated.

[Perinatal iodine deficiency in the Far East].

Specific data far iodine status in practically healthy pregnant women in the Far East in presentes. Not adeduate iodine provision both of women and their infants was revealed, especially at the and of the pregnancy and early parturition period and newborn child.

[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).