PMID- 9451808
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19980220
LR  - 20190905
IS  - 0045-6535 (Print)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 3
DP  - 1998 Feb
TI  - Blood levels of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans and 
      polychlorinated biphenyls in the general population of a Spanish Mediterranean 
      city.
PG  - 419-26
AB  - Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and 
      Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are among the most toxic environmental 
      pollutants. We determined blood levels of these compounds in a population sample 
      of the city of Mataro, Spain. Blood samples were drawn from a randomly selected 
      sample of 198 subjects, of both genders, aged 18 to 69 years. These samples were 
      pooled into 10 groups for laboratory analysis. For males, total level of PCDDs 
      was 505.7 ppt, of PCDFs was 26.7 ppt, and the international toxic equivalent 
      (I-TEQ) was 12.5. For females the levels were 739 ppt, 28.8 ppt and 14.71-TEQ, 
      respectively. The most important contributors to the total I-TEQ were HexaCDD, 
      PentaCDD and PentaCDF. The blood concentration of total PCBs was 2.02 mg/l in 
      males, and 1.58 mg/l in females. Levels of PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs increased by age 
      in both sexes. The levels of PCDDs and PCDFs in residents of this Mediterranean 
      city are among the lowest observed in industrialized countries.
FAU - Gonzalez, C A
AU  - Gonzalez CA
AD  - Institut of Epidemiological and Clinical Research (IREC), Mataro, Barcelona, 
      Spain. gonzalez@bbs.grn.es
FAU - Kogevinas, M
AU  - Kogevinas M
FAU - Huici, A
AU  - Huici A
FAU - Gadea, E
AU  - Gadea E
FAU - Ladona, M
AU  - Ladona M
FAU - Bosch, A
AU  - Bosch A
FAU - Bleda, M J
AU  - Bleda MJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Benzofurans)
RN  - 0 (Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
EIN - Chemosphere 1998 Jun;36(15):3223
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Benzofurans/analysis/*blood
MH  - *Environmental Exposure
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incineration
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis/*blood
MH  - Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/*analogs & derivatives/analysis/blood
MH  - Soil Pollutants/analysis/*blood
MH  - Spain
EDAT- 1998/02/06 00:00
MHDA- 1998/02/06 00:01
CRDT- 1998/02/06 00:00
PHST- 1998/02/06 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1998/02/06 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1998/02/06 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045653597100157 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0045-6535(97)10015-7 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 1998 Feb;36(3):419-26. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(97)10015-7.