PMID- 15744508
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051219
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 0340-0131 (Print)
IS  - 0340-0131 (Linking)
VI  - 78
IP  - 3
DP  - 2005 Apr
TI  - Evaluation of serum dioxin congeners among residents near continuously burning 
      municipal solid waste incinerators in Korea.
PG  - 205-10
AB  - The objective of this study was to evaluate the congeners of polychlorinated 
      dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in Korean 
      serum samples as biological markers. Serum samples from 103 participants were 
      analyzed. Participants consisted of 28 workers in municipal solid waste 
      incinerators (MSWIs), and 21 men and 54 women who had lived for at least 3 years 
      prior to 2002 in areas within 300 m of incinerators in large Korean cities. Serum 
      samples were analyzed for 17 PCDD/PCDFs congeners by high resolution gas 
      chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry. Geometric mean (GM) PCDD/PCDF 
      levels in the serum samples were 3.14, 8.04, 6.12 and 6.60 pg TEQ/g lipid for 
      workers, male residents, female residents and the sum of male and female 
      residents, respectively. The GM PCDD/PCDF level in the serum of workers was not 
      significantly different from the values for residents near MSWIs. In the 75 
      participants who resided near MSWIs, the congeners that most contributed to the 
      total TEQ were 1,2,3,6,7,8-hexachlorodibenzofuran (1,6-HxCDF), 
      2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran (4-PeCDF), 
      1,2,3,4,6,7,8-heptachlorodibenzofuran (1,4,6-HpCDF), 
      1,2,3,7,8,9-hexachlorodibenzofuran (1,9-HxCDF), 
      1,2,3,4,7,8-hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (1,4-HxCDD), 
      1,2,3,6,7,8-hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (1,6-HxCDD). In the workers, the congeners 
      that made the greatest contribution were 1,6-HxCDD, 4-PeCDF, 
      1,2,3,4,6,7,8-heptachlorodibenzop-dioxin (HpCDD), and 1,6-HxCDF. In conclusion, 
      the serum TEQ levels for PCDD/PCDFs in the incinerator workers and residents near 
      the MSWIs in Korea were lower than those reported for other countries. Comparison 
      of the PCDD/PCDF levels of workers at MSWIs and nearby residents revealed no 
      significant enhancement of PCDD/PCDF exposure in workers. PCDD/PCDF intake from 
      animal origin was assumed to be lower than that of Europeans. Further studies of 
      Korean foods are needed to clarify the exposure route for PCDD/PCDFs in the 
      Korean population.
FAU - Moon, Chan-Seok
AU  - Moon CS
AD  - Pohang University of Science and Technology, School of Environmental Science and 
      Engineering, Pohang, 790-784, Korea.
FAU - Chang, Yoon-Seok
AU  - Chang YS
FAU - Kim, Byung-Hoon
AU  - Kim BH
FAU - Shin, Dongchun
AU  - Shin D
FAU - Ikeda, Masayuki
AU  - Ikeda M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20050303
PL  - Germany
TA  - Int Arch Occup Environ Health
JT  - International archives of occupational and environmental health
JID - 7512134
RN  - 0 (Benzofurans)
RN  - 0 (Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Benzofurans/*blood
MH  - Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated
MH  - *Environmental Exposure
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Incineration
MH  - Inhalation Exposure
MH  - Korea
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/*analogs & derivatives/blood
MH  - *Refuse Disposal
MH  - Urban Population
EDAT- 2005/03/04 09:00
MHDA- 2005/12/20 09:00
CRDT- 2005/03/04 09:00
PHST- 2004/07/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2004/12/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/03/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/12/20 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/03/04 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00420-005-0603-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2005 Apr;78(3):205-10. doi: 
      10.1007/s00420-005-0603-0. Epub 2005 Mar 3.