PMID- 23872889
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150123
LR  - 20220309
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Print)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 10
DP  - 2014 May
TI  - Polychlorinated biphenyl levels in the blood of Japanese individuals ranging from 
      infants to over 80 years of age.
PG  - 6434-9
LID - 10.1007/s11356-013-1965-6 [doi]
AB  - Individuals' exposure to various persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including 
      polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and its adverse health effects have been a 
      cause of concern. We measured blood PCB concentrations from samples taken from 
      507 Japanese individuals ranging from infants to those over 80 years of age. The 
      blood PCB levels increased with age for both male (Spearman's r = 0.69, 
      p < 0.001) and female (Spearman's r = 0.70, p < 0.001) participants. Adult men 
      and nulliparous women showed similar increases with age. However, the PCB levels 
      of multiparous women were lower than those of nulliparous women in their thirties 
      (p = 0.005), probably because the PCBs were transferred from the mothers to their 
      children during pregnancy and lactation. Among infants (<2 years of age), some 
      had as high levels of accumulated PCB levels as those in adults >30 years of age. 
      In some cases, the PCB levels were over 0.8 ng/g wet weight, similar to levels 
      observed in adults over 50 years of age. In the future, it will be necessary to 
      do research on the health of the children who are exposed by high concentration 
      level of POPs.
FAU - Mori, Chisato
AU  - Mori C
AD  - Department of Bioenvironmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 
      University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan, cmori@faculty.chiba-u.jp.
FAU - Kakuta, Kazuhiko
AU  - Kakuta K
FAU - Matsuno, Yoshiharu
AU  - Matsuno Y
FAU - Todaka, Emiko
AU  - Todaka E
FAU - Watanabe, Masahiro
AU  - Watanabe M
FAU - Hanazato, Masamichi
AU  - Hanazato M
FAU - Kawashiro, Yukiko
AU  - Kawashiro Y
FAU - Fukata, Hideki
AU  - Fukata H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130720
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Environmental Exposure/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/analysis/*blood
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Japan
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis/*blood
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4021163
EDAT- 2013/07/23 06:00
MHDA- 2015/01/24 06:00
PMCR- 2013/07/20
CRDT- 2013/07/23 06:00
PHST- 2013/02/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/06/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/01/24 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/07/20 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1965 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-013-1965-6 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2014 May;21(10):6434-9. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-013-1965-6. Epub 2013 Jul 20.