PMID- 21683445
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111010
LR  - 20220310
IS  - 1873-6750 (Electronic)
IS  - 0160-4120 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 7
DP  - 2011 Oct
TI  - Empirical analyses of the influence of diet on human concentrations of persistent 
      organic pollutants: a systematic review of all studies conducted in Spain.
PG  - 1226-35
LID - 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.008 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Numerous studies analyzed concentrations of persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) in human samples, and in many types of foods; however, food 
      consumption is less commonly included in studies on the determinants of POP 
      concentrations in humans, and these approaches are rarely integrated with surveys 
      of food intake to estimate the amount and safety of human POP intake from food. 
      OBJECTIVE: To analyze the main characteristics and findings of all studies 
      conducted in Spain that quantitatively assessed the influence of diet on human 
      concentrations of POPs. METHODS: Studies published until December 2010 (with no 
      other time restrictions) were identified through Medline/PubMed, ISI-Thomson, 
      ScienceDirect, and SciELO databases. RESULTS: We identified 25 papers, from 19 
      different studies. Twelve papers were published in 2009-2010. All studies but one 
      were based on subgroups not representative of the general population, and over 
      half were limited to women. Serum was the most used biological matrix, while 
      p,p'-DDE, HCB and PCBs were the most frequently analyzed compounds. Food intakes 
      were measured with heterogeneous food frequency questionnaires. The most 
      consistent association was between fish consumption and PCBs and HCB, followed by 
      dairy products and PCBs. A few studies observed a relationship between meat and 
      some POPs, whilst intake of vegetables, fruits and cereals was rarely related to 
      POP levels. Only 3 studies did not find any relationship between dietary habits 
      and POP concentrations. CONCLUSIONS: In spite of methodological heterogeneity, 
      the studies were able to quantify to what extent consumption of foods from animal 
      origin (fish, milk, dairy products and meat) is related to higher body 
      concentrations of POPs. As in a few other countries, in Spain food consumption is 
      increasingly analyzed as a major determinant of human POP intake.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Gasull, Magda
AU  - Gasull M
AD  - Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica, Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Bosch de Basea, Magda
AU  - Bosch de Basea M
FAU - Puigdomenech, Elisa
AU  - Puigdomenech E
FAU - Pumarega, Jose
AU  - Pumarega J
FAU - Porta, Miquel
AU  - Porta M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
PT  - Systematic Review
DEP - 20110616
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Int
JT  - Environment international
JID - 7807270
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 4M7FS82U08 (Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene)
RN  - 4Z87H0LKUY (Hexachlorobenzene)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Dairy Products/analysis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/analysis/metabolism
MH  - Diet/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Diet Surveys
MH  - Environmental Exposure/*analysis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis/metabolism
MH  - Food Analysis
MH  - Hexachlorobenzene/analysis/metabolism
MH  - Humans
MH  - Meat/analysis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis/metabolism
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis/metabolism
MH  - Seafood/analysis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Spain
EDAT- 2011/06/21 06:00
MHDA- 2011/10/11 06:00
CRDT- 2011/06/21 06:00
PHST- 2011/02/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/05/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/05/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/06/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/06/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/10/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0160-4120(11)00153-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.008 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Int. 2011 Oct;37(7):1226-35. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.008. Epub 2011 
      Jun 16.