PMID- 26839572
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160804
LR  - 20200306
IS  - 1687-9813 (Electronic)
IS  - 1687-9805 (Print)
IS  - 1687-9805 (Linking)
VI  - 2015
DP  - 2015
TI  - Regional Variation in Human Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants in the 
      United States, NHANES.
PG  - 571839
LID - 10.1155/2015/571839 [doi]
LID - 571839
AB  - We examined serum levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) among 
      geographical regions of the United States as defined by the US Census Bureau. 
      National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data for adults aged 20 
      years and older are presented for selected survey periods between 1999 and 2010. 
      From NHANES 1999 through 2004, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) 
      concentration levels were consistently higher among people living in the West 
      than in the Midwest, Northeast, or South. In 2003-2010, perfluorinated compound 
      concentrations tended to be highest in the South. The sum of 35 polychlorinated 
      biphenyls (PCBs) congeners was significantly higher in the Northeast [GM: 189; 
      95% CI: 173-204 ng/g lipid] than the remaining regions. The regional differences 
      in higher body burdens of exposure to particular POPs could be attributed to a 
      variety of activities, including region-specific patterns of land use and 
      industrial and agricultural chemical applications, as well as different levels of 
      regulatory activity.
FAU - Wattigney, Wendy A
AU  - Wattigney WA
AD  - Division of Toxicology and Human Health Science, Agency for Toxic Substances and 
      Disease Registry, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
FAU - Irvin-Barnwell, Elizabeth
AU  - Irvin-Barnwell E
AD  - Division of Toxicology and Human Health Science, Agency for Toxic Substances and 
      Disease Registry, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
FAU - Pavuk, Marian
AU  - Pavuk M
AD  - Division of Toxicology and Human Health Science, Agency for Toxic Substances and 
      Disease Registry, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
FAU - Ragin-Wilson, Angela
AU  - Ragin-Wilson A
AD  - Division of Toxicology and Human Health Science, Agency for Toxic Substances and 
      Disease Registry, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20151229
PL  - United States
TA  - J Environ Public Health
JT  - Journal of environmental and public health
JID - 101516361
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Body Burden
MH  - *Environmental Exposure
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*blood
MH  - Female
MH  - Geography
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Nutrition Surveys
MH  - United States
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4709617
EDAT- 2016/02/04 06:00
MHDA- 2016/08/05 06:00
PMCR- 2015/12/29
CRDT- 2016/02/04 06:00
PHST- 2015/10/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/11/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/02/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/02/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/08/05 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/12/29 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2015/571839 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Public Health. 2015;2015:571839. doi: 10.1155/2015/571839. Epub 2015 
      Dec 29.