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Temporal trends in serum concentrations of polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and PCBs among adult women living in Chapaevsk, Russia: a longitudinal study from 2000 to 2009.


ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study assessed the temporal trend in serum concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls (PCBs) among residents of a Russian town where levels of these chemicals are elevated due to prior industrial activity.

Methods

Two serum samples were collected from eight adult women (in 2000 and 2009), and analyzed with gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry.

Results

The average total toxic equivalency (TEQ) decreased by 30% (from 36 to 25 pg/g lipid), and the average sum of PCB congeners decreased by 19% (from 291 to 211 ng/g lipid). Total TEQs decreased for seven of the eight women, and the sum of PCBs decreased for six of eight women. During this nine year period, larger decreases in serum TEQs and PCBs were found in women with greater increases in body mass index.

Conclusions

This study provides suggestive evidence that average serum concentrations of dioxins, furans, and PCBs are decreasing over time among residents of this town.

SUBMITTER: Humblet O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3142486 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Temporal trends in serum concentrations of polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and PCBs among adult women living in Chapaevsk, Russia: a longitudinal study from 2000 to 2009.

Humblet Olivier O   Sergeyev Oleg O   Altshul Larisa L   Korrick Susan A SA   Williams Paige L PL   Emond Claude C   Birnbaum Linda S LS   Burns Jane S JS   Lee Mary M MM   Lee Mary M MM   Revich Boris B   Shelepchikov Andrey A   Feshin Denis D   Hauser Russ R  

Environmental health : a global access science source 20110622


<h4>Background</h4>The present study assessed the temporal trend in serum concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls (PCBs) among residents of a Russian town where levels of these chemicals are elevated due to prior industrial activity.<h4>Methods</h4>Two serum samples were collected from eight adult women (in 2000 and 2009), and analyzed with gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry.<h4>Results</h4>The average total toxic equivalency (TEQ) decr  ...[more]

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