Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4413878 | Chemosphere | 2008 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Results show that the consumers of the contaminated food and the former workers of the plant display considerably higher levels than all other groups. The levels of general population and of all other groups were generally similar both to each other and to the range of literature values for unexposed populations. The respective contribution of PCDDs, PCDFs, mono-ortho and non-ortho PCBs (dioxin-like PCBs) to (Toxicity Equivalents) TEQ of the population groups of this study were also compared to literature data: the two groups with a high contamination level, together with the human milk sample, displayed a higher incidence of mono-ortho PCBs and a lower contribution of PCDD, possibly correlated with the source of contamination.
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Authors
Luigi Turrio-Baldassarri, Vittorio Abate, Chiara Laura Battistelli, Sergio Carasi, Marialuisa Casella, Nicola Iacovella, Annamaria Indelicato, Cinzia La Rocca, Carmelo Scarcella, Silvia Alivernini,