Serum levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls in a population living in the Naples area, southern Italy
| Autor: | Giampiero Scortichini, Michele Amorena, Gianfranco Diletti, Loredana Baldi, Francesco Paolo Serpe, Mauro Esposito, Marcellino Monda, Cinzia La Rocca, Giovanni Messina |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Esposito, M, Serpe, Fp, Diletti, G, Messina, G, Scortichini, G, La Rocca, C, Baldi, L, Amorena, M, Monda, Marcellino |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Environmental Engineering Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins Range (biology) Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Population PCDF Incineration PCDD Blood serum Young Adult Environmental risk Polychlorinated Biphenyl Environmental Chemistry Humans education Environmental Pollutant Benzofurans education.field_of_study PCB Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine General Chemistry Environmental Exposure Lipid Dibenzofurans Polychlorinated Middle Aged Human exposure Pollution Lipids Polychlorinated Biphenyls Geography Italy Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins Environmental chemistry Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxin Environmental Pollutants Female Benzofuran Polychlorinated dibenzofurans Human |
| Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 94 |
| ISSN: | 1879-1298 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to estimate the levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs and NDL-PCBs) in blood serum obtained from non-occupationally exposed volunteers living in the Naples area (Campania Region, southern Italy). The samples were taken from two geographical zones: one was an urban area of Naples and its surroundings and the other was located in an area deemed to be at high environmental risk. Total mean concentrations of these persistent pollutants proved to be in the range 1.43–17.38 pg WHO-TEQ 1998 g −1 lipid for PCDD/Fs, and 0.98–25.45 pg WHO-TEQ 1998 g −1 lipid for DL-PCBs. NDL-PCBs were in the range 316.57–482.90 ng g −1 lipid. No significant differences were observed between women and men, nor between donors living in the two different areas. The mean levels of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in the population living in the Naples area were lower than those observed in some studies of populations living in exposed areas (near incineration plants or industrial sites) and urban or rural areas. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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