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Polychlorinated biphenyls are persistent organic pollutants that have been used for decades in several industrial applications. Although production of polychlorinated biphenyls was restricted from the 1970s in most countries, substantial amounts remain in old equipment and buildings and they have been detected in various environmental and biological matrices. The main objective of this study was to analyze predictors of the combined exposure to three non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (congeners 138, 153 and 180) in serum and adipose tissue from an adult cohort (n=112) living in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) and surrounding towns/villages. A second aim was to identify modifiers that might influence the statistical associations found, using crude, partially-adjusted, and global multiple linear regression models. Main predictors of serum concentrations were occupation and fatty food consumption, while those for adipose tissue concentrations included age, smoking habit, fatty food consumption, and residence. The differences between the two matrices might be derived from their biological meaning, given that adipose tissue concentrations are an indicator of chronic exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls while serum levels are a good predictor of ongoing exposure and the mobilization of polychlorinated biphenyls stored in fatty tissues. Body mass index was found to be an important modifier of these associations. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Arrebola JP, Mutch E, Cuellar M, Quevedo M, Claure E, Mejia LM, Fernandez-Rodriguez M, Freire C, Olea N, Mercado LA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Environmental Research
Year: 2012
Volume: 116
Pages: 17-25
Print publication date: 09/05/2012
ISSN (print): 0013-9351
ISSN (electronic): 1096-0953
Publisher: Academic Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2012.04.009
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.04.009
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