PMID- 27778267
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170413
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Jan
TI  - Arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury levels in blood of Finnish adults and their 
      relation to diet, lifestyle habits and sociodemographic variables.
PG  - 1347-1362
LID - 10.1007/s11356-016-7824-5 [doi]
AB  - The Northern Finland Birth Cohort program (NFBC) is the epidemiological and 
      longitudinal prospective general population research program, which was 
      established to promote health and wellbeing of the population in northern 
      Finland. The aim of present study, as a part of the NFBC program, was to analyze 
      the blood levels of arsenic (B-As), cadmium (B-Cd), lead (B-Pb), total mercury 
      (B-Hg) and selenium (B-Se); to compare these levels with threshold limits; to 
      study sociodemographic factors; and to correlate these levels with calcium and 
      haemoglobin. The study was comprised of 249 NFBC subjects, of which 123 were 
      female and 126 were male (ages 31.1 +/- 0.3 and 31.1 +/- 0.4, respectively). All 
      participants were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding diet and living 
      habits. The geometric means (+/- SD) of B-As were 0.49 +/- 2.80 mug/l and 
      0.44 +/- 2.72 mug/l; B-Cd were 0.18 +/- 4.02 mug/l and 0.12 +/- 3.21 mug/l; B-Pb were 
      17.0 +/- 1.8 mug/l and 9.06 +/- 2.20 mug/l; B-Hg were 2.18 +/- 2.02 mug/l and 
      1.85 +/- 1.78 mug/l; and B-Se were 106.0 +/- 1.3 and 94.3 +/- 1.3 mug/l in males and 
      females, respectively. Among the subjects in the present analysis, 23 % of males 
      and 17.1 % of females had B-As levels above the ATSDR normal human levels of B-As 
      in unexposed individuals (1.0 mug/l). The B-Pb geometric mean (12.44 mug/l) was 
      approximately one eighth the CDC toxicological cut-off point of 100 mug/l. 
      Twenty-one individuals (8.4 %) exceeded a B-Hg level of 5.8 mug/l. Fifty-eight 
      females (47 %) had a B-Hg higher than 2.0 mug/l, the German Federal Environmental 
      Agency cut-off point for women (18-69 years) who consume fish at least three 
      times/month; therefore, their babies could be at risk of adverse effects during 
      development.
FAU - Abass, Khaled
AU  - Abass K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1843-7644
AD  - Research Unit of Biomedicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. 
      khaled.m.abass@gmail.com.
AD  - Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, 
      Oulu, Finland. khaled.m.abass@gmail.com.
AD  - Centre for Arctic Medicine, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. 
      khaled.m.abass@gmail.com.
AD  - Department of Pesticides, Menoufia University, P.O. Box 32511, Menoufia, Egypt. 
      khaled.m.abass@gmail.com.
FAU - Koiranen, Markku
AU  - Koiranen M
AD  - Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
FAU - Mazej, Darja
AU  - Mazej D
AD  - Department of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 
      Slovenia.
FAU - Tratnik, Janja Snoj
AU  - Tratnik JS
AD  - Department of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 
      Slovenia.
FAU - Horvat, Milena
AU  - Horvat M
AD  - Department of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 
      Slovenia.
FAU - Hakkola, Jukka
AU  - Hakkola J
AD  - Research Unit of Biomedicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
AD  - Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, 
      Oulu, Finland.
FAU - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
AU  - Jarvelin MR
AD  - Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
AD  - Biocentre Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC PHE Centre for Environment and 
      Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
FAU - Rautio, Arja
AU  - Rautio A
AD  - Centre for Arctic Medicine, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20161024
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 00BH33GNGH (Cadmium)
RN  - 2P299V784P (Lead)
RN  - FXS1BY2PGL (Mercury)
RN  - H6241UJ22B (Selenium)
RN  - N712M78A8G (Arsenic)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Arsenic/*blood
MH  - Cadmium/*blood
MH  - *Diet
MH  - Feeding Behavior
MH  - Female
MH  - Finland
MH  - Habits
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lead/*blood
MH  - *Life Style
MH  - Male
MH  - Mercury/*blood
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Selenium/blood
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Metalloids
OT  - Northern Finland birth cohort 1966
OT  - Toxic metals
EDAT- 2016/10/26 06:00
MHDA- 2017/04/14 06:00
CRDT- 2016/10/26 06:00
PHST- 2016/04/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/10/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/10/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/04/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/10/26 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-016-7824-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-016-7824-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2017 Jan;24(2):1347-1362. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-016-7824-5. Epub 2016 Oct 24.