Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in California women's serum and residential dust.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Humans are exposed to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) through various routes, including consumption of contaminated food and accidental ingestion of settled dust.

Objectives

We aimed to identify key routes of exposure to organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in California women of reproductive age.

Methods

Blood was collected from 48 mothers participating in the California Childhood Leukemia Study from 2006 to 2007 and analyzed for POPs using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Multivariable linear regression models of natural-log transformed serum concentrations were used to identify determinants of exposure from available questionnaire information on dietary habits, reproductive hist

SUBMITTER: Whitehead TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4262624 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature