Pentachlorophenol and hexachlorobenzene in serum and urine of the population of Barcelona.
1 Urinary chlorophenols of the general population of Barcelona, Spain were determined. Pentachlorophenol (PCP: 25.0 +/- 3.9 ng/ml; mean +/- s.e.m., n = 50) and tetrachlorophenol (TCP: 6.2 +/- 1.6 ng/ml; mean +/- s.e.m., n = 25) were found in all samples. 2 Pentachlorophenol and hexachlorobenzene were also determined in serum. Both were present in all samples (PCP: 21.9 +/- 1.9 ng/ml; HCB: 11.1 +/- 1.1 ng/ml; mean +/- s.e.m., n = 100). Their concentrations do not show any correlation, suggesting no metabolic relation between them.
Gómez-Catalán
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Department de Medicina Legal i Toxicologia, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
To-Figueras
J
J
Planas
J
J
Rodamilans
M
M
Corbella
J
J
D002722:Chlorobenzenes / Q000652:urine*; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000652:urine*; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D010416:Pentachlorophenol / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine*; D013030:Spain
D002722:Chlorobenzenes; D002733:Chlorophenols; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene; D010416:Pentachlorophenol