Predictors of organochlorines in New York City pregnant women, 1998–2001
| Autor: | Elena Deych, Fiola Ojo, Mary S. Wolff, Gertrud S. Berkowitz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Food intake Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene Food Contamination Biochemistry Feeding behavior Pregnancy Risk Factors Environmental protection Hydrocarbons Chlorinated Animals Humans Medicine reproductive and urinary physiology General Environmental Science biology business.industry organic chemicals Fishes food and beverages Feeding Behavior medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Polychlorinated Biphenyls Fresh fish Maternal Exposure Tasa Fish Gestation Female New York City business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Research. 97:170-177 |
| ISSN: | 0013-9351 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envres.2004.07.014 |
| Popis: | Organochlorine compounds (OCs) have been found widely in human tissues. However, levels have been rapidly declining since their virtual ban in the 1970s. We measured 1,1'-dichloro-2,2'-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and trans-nonachlor (TN) in 194 pregnant women in New York City and examined demographic and dietary predictors of their levels in serum. Serum OC levels were low (median microg/L: 0.64 DDE, 0.79 PCB); TN was largely below the level of detection (74%). In multivariate models, levels of OCs increased with age; DDE was higher in women not born in the US or Puerto Rico; PCB were higher in women who bought fresh fish and lower in those with higher body mass indices. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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