PMID- 12872532
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030829
LR  - 20070621
IS  - 1438-4639 (Print)
IS  - 1438-4639 (Linking)
VI  - 206
IP  - 3
DP  - 2003 Jun
TI  - Revised and new reference values for some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in 
      blood for human biomonitoring in environmental medicine.
PG  - 223-9
AB  - Reference values for environmental pollutants related to the German population 
      are established continuously by the Human Biomonitoring Commission of the German 
      Federal Environmental Agency. The revised and new reference values for 
      organochlorine compounds in whole blood are derived from the German Environmental 
      Survey 1998 (adults aged 18-69 years) and from a survey performed with children 
      (age 9-11 years) in south-west Germany 1998/99. The levels of organochlorine 
      compounds in blood of adults increased with increasing age. Therefore the 
      reference values are revised for different age groups (age groups: 18-19, 20-29, 
      30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69). The reference values for PCB 138 in whole blood 
      range from 0.4 to 2.2 micrograms/l, for PCB 153 from 0.6 to 3.3 micrograms/l, for 
      PCB 180 from 0.3 to 2.4 micrograms/l, for beta-HCH from 0.3 to 0.9 microgram/l 
      and for HCB from 0.4 to 5.8 micrograms/l. The reference values for DDE among 
      adults in East Germany are higher compared to those in West Germany. The 
      reference values of DDE in blood for adults in West Germany increase from 1.5 
      micrograms/l to 11 micrograms/l for the different age groups. The corresponding 
      results for East Germany are 3 and 31 micrograms/l. The following reference 
      values in blood of children (age 9-11 years) are recommended: 0.3 microgram/l for 
      PCB 138, 0.4 microgram/l for PCB 153, 0.3 microgram/l for PCB 180, 0.9 
      microgram/l for sum of PCB (138 + 153 + 180), 0.3 microgram/l for beta-HCH, 0.3 
      microgram/l for HCB and 0.7 microgram/l for DDE. In comparison with the former 
      evaluation the revised reference values for PCB, beta-HCH and HCB levels in blood 
      were reduced especially for younger adults.
FAU - Wilhelm, Michael
AU  - Wilhelm M
AD  - Department of Hygiene, Social- and Environmental Medicine, Ruhr-University 
      Bochum, Universitatsstr. 150, D-44801 Bochum, Germany. 
      wilhelm@hygiene.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
FAU - Ewers, Ulrich
AU  - Ewers U
FAU - Schulz, Christine
AU  - Schulz C
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Int J Hyg Environ Health
JT  - International journal of hygiene and environmental health
JID - 100898843
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Child
MH  - Environmental Health/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*blood
MH  - Female
MH  - Germany
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
MH  - Insecticides/*blood
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Reference Values
EDAT- 2003/07/23 05:00
MHDA- 2003/08/30 05:00
CRDT- 2003/07/23 05:00
PHST- 2003/07/23 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/08/30 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/07/23 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S1438-4639(04)70214-X [pii]
AID - 10.1078/1438-4639-00208 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2003 Jun;206(3):223-9. doi: 10.1078/1438-4639-00208.