PMID- 25069086
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141007
LR  - 20170827
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 193
DP  - 2014 Oct
TI  - Levels and profile of several classes of organic contaminants in matched indoor 
      dust and serum samples from occupational settings of Pakistan.
PG  - 269-276
LID - S0269-7491(14)00299-1 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.07.009 [doi]
AB  - Dust ingestion is an important route of human exposure to organic contaminants, 
      especially for flame retardants (FRs) in occupational settings. Several classes 
      of organic contaminants were analyzed in matched dust and serum samples from 
      academics and workers in electronics and clothing stores of Faisalabad, Pakistan. 
      The concentrations of contaminants varied in dust as follow: organophosphate 
      FRs ( summation operatorPFRs) > novel brominated FRs ( summation operatorNBFRs) > polybrominated diphenyl ethers 
      ( summation operatorPBDEs) > organochlorine pesticides ( summation operatorOCPs) > polychlorinated biphenyls ( summation operatorPCBs), 
      while, in serum, concentration varied:  summation operatorOCPs > bromophenols 
      ( summation operatorBPs) >  summation operatorPCBs >  summation operatorHO-PCBs  approximately   summation operatorPBDEs. Two NBFRs, namely 
      1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)-ethane (BTBPE) and bis(2-ethylhexyl) 
      tetrabromophthalate (TBPH), were detected in <10% of the serum samples. p,p'-DDE 
      was the major contaminant in serum contributing to  approximately 75% of the total contaminant 
      burden. Levels of Penta-BDE congeners in serum and dust were significantly 
      correlated (r = 0.64, p < 0.01) for the academics, suggesting dust ingestion as 
      an important determinant for their serum levels.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Ali, Nadeem
AU  - Ali N
AD  - Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, 
      Belgium; Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz 
      University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Mehdi, Toufeer
AU  - Mehdi T
AD  - Microbiology Division, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe, Alberta, 
      Canada.
FAU - Malik, Riffat N
AU  - Malik RN
AD  - Environmental Biology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Environmental 
      Sciences, Quiad-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
FAU - Eqani, Syed A M A S
AU  - Eqani SAMAS
AD  - Department of BioSciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Park 
      Road, Islamabad, Pakistan.
FAU - Kamal, Atif
AU  - Kamal A
AD  - Environmental Biology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Environmental 
      Sciences, Quiad-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
FAU - Dirtu, Alin C
AU  - Dirtu AC
AD  - Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, 
      Belgium.
FAU - Neels, Hugo
AU  - Neels H
AD  - Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, 
      Belgium.
FAU - Covaci, Adrian
AU  - Covaci A
AD  - Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, 
      Belgium. Electronic address: adrian.covaci@uantwerpen.be.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140726
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Dust)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Organophosphates)
RN  - 4M7FS82U08 (Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollution, Indoor/*analysis
MH  - Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/analysis/blood
MH  - Dust/*analysis
MH  - Flame Retardants/*analysis
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis/blood
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis/blood
MH  - Occupational Exposure/*analysis
MH  - Organophosphates/analysis/blood
MH  - Pakistan
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis/blood
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Dust
OT  - Occupational settings
OT  - Organic contaminants
OT  - Pakistan
OT  - Serum
EDAT- 2014/07/30 06:00
MHDA- 2014/10/08 06:00
CRDT- 2014/07/29 06:00
PHST- 2014/04/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/06/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/07/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/07/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/07/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/10/08 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0269-7491(14)00299-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.07.009 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2014 Oct;193:269-276. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.07.009. Epub 
      2014 Jul 26.