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Rudge, Cibele V.C.
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Sandanger, Torkjel M.
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Rollin, Halina B.
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Calderon, Iracema M. P.
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Volpato, Gustavo
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Silva, Joao L.P.
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Duarte, Geraldo
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Neto, Corintio M.
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Sass, Nelson
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Nakamura, Mary U.
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Odland, Jon Oyvind
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Rudge, Marilza V.C.
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2012-05-25T11:57:59Z |
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2012-05-25T11:57:59Z |
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2012-04 |
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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) present in the living environment are thought to have detrimental health effects on the population, with pregnant women and the developing foetus being at highest risk. We report on the levels of selected POPs in maternal blood of 155 delivering women residing in seven regions within the São Paulo State, Brazil.
The following selected POPs were measured in the maternal whole blood: 12 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) congeners (IUPAC No. 99,101,118,138, 153,156,163,170,180,183,187,194); dichlordiphenyltrichloroethane p,p’-DDT, diphenyldichloroethylene p,p’-DDE and other pesticides such as hexachlorocyclohexanes (α-HCH, β-HCH, γ-HCH), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), chlordanes (t-CD and c-CD, oxy-chlordane), nanochlors (t-NC and c-NC).
Statistical comparisons between regions were performed only on compounds having levels above LOD in 70% of the samples. PCB118 congener was found to be highest in the industrial site (mean 4.97 ng/g lipids); PCB138 congener concentration was highest in the Urban 3 site (mean 4.27 ng/g lipids) and congener PCB153 was highest in the industrial and Urban 3 sites with mean concentration of 7.2 ng/g lipids and 5.89 ng/g lipids respectively. Large differences in levels of p,p’-DDE between regions were observed with the Urban 3 and industrial sites having the highest concentrations of 645 ng/g lipids and 417 ng/g lipids, respectively; β-HCH was found to be highest in the Rural 1 site; the γ-HCH in Rural 1 and industrial; the HCB in the Rural 1 and industrial sites and oxy-chlordane and t-NC in the Rural 2 sites. An association between levels of some contaminants and maternal age and parity was also found. |
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The University of Tromsø, Norway; the
University of Aarhus, Denmark; the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment
Programme (AMAP), Oslo,Norway; and the Nordic Council of Ministers,
Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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http://www.elsevier.com/locate/envint |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Cibele V.C. Rudge, Torkjel Sandanger, Halina B. Röllin, Iracema M.P. Calderon, Gustavo Volpato, João L.P. Silva, Geraldo Duarte, Corintio M. Neto, Nelson Sass, Mary U. Nakamura, Jon Ø. Odland & Marilza V.C. Rudge, Levels of selected persistent organic pollutants in blood from delivering women in seven selected areas of Sao Paulo State, Brazil, Environmental International, vol. 40, no.4, pp. 162-169 (2012), doi:10.1016/j.envint.2011.07.006 |
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0160-4120 (print) |
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1873-6750 (online) |
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10.1016/j.envint.2011.07.006 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18915 |
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en |
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Elsevier |
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© 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Environment International.Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Environment International, vol. 40, no. 4, 2011, doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.07.006. |
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Pesticides exposure |
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Delivering women |
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Human blood |
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São Paulo State |
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Brazil |
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dc.title |
Levels of selected persistent organic pollutants in blood from delivering women in seven selected areas of Sao Paulo State, Brazil |
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Postprint Article |
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