PMID- 18568937
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080725
LR  - 20080623
IS  - 1536-8386 (Electronic)
IS  - 1536-8386 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
DP  - 2008
TI  - Increased concentrations of certain persistent organic pollutants in subjects 
      with self-reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity--a pilot study.
PG  - 197-203
LID - 10.1080/15368370802089053 [doi]
AB  - Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is used for a variety of subjective 
      symptoms related to exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF). The aim of this 
      pilot study was to analyze the concentrations of certain persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) in subjects with self-reported EHS. In total, 13 EHS subjects 
      and 21 controls were included, all female. The concentration of several POPs was 
      higher in EHS subjects than in controls. Lower concentrations were found for 
      hexachlorobenzene and two types of chlordanes. The only significantly increased 
      odds ratios (ORs) were found for polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) #47 
      yielding OR=11.7, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.45-94.7 and the chlordane 
      metabolite MC6 with OR=11.2, 95% CI=1.18-106. The results were based on low 
      numbers and must be interpreted with caution. This hypothesis generating study 
      indicates the necessity of a larger investigation on this issue.
FAU - Hardell, Lennart
AU  - Hardell L
AD  - Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden. 
      lennart.hardell@orebroll.se
FAU - Carlberg, Michael
AU  - Carlberg M
FAU - Soderqvist, Fredrik
AU  - Soderqvist F
FAU - Hardell, Karin
AU  - Hardell K
FAU - Bjornfoth, Helen
AU  - Bjornfoth H
FAU - van Bavel, Bert
AU  - van Bavel B
FAU - Lindstrom, Gunilla
AU  - Lindstrom G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Electromagn Biol Med
JT  - Electromagnetic biology and medicine
JID - 101133002
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Electromagnetic Fields
MH  - Environmental Illness/*blood
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*blood
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*blood
MH  - Pilot Projects
EDAT- 2008/06/24 09:00
MHDA- 2008/07/26 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/24 09:00
PHST- 2008/06/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/07/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 793877932 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/15368370802089053 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Electromagn Biol Med. 2008;27(2):197-203. doi: 10.1080/15368370802089053.