PCDD/PCDF levels in the blood of workers at a pulp and paper mill.
Blood samples from 34 workers at a pulp and paper mill and from 14 control persons were analysed for 2,3,7,8-substituted PCDDs and PCDFs. There were no statistically significant differences in total lipid-adjusted PCDD/PCDF concentrations, expressed as toxic equivalents, in blood plasma between the potentially exposed bleaching plant or paper mill workers and the controls. The mean level was 61 pg/g I-TEQ in bleaching plant workers, 60 pg/g I-TEQ in paper mill workers and 49 I-TEQ pg/g in controls. Regarding the concentrations of individual isomers, however, there was an indication that the blood plasma concentrations might be affected by the living and working environment.
Rosenberg
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Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Kontsas
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Tornaeus
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Mutanen
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Jäppinen
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Vainio
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Patterson
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Needham
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D000328:Adult; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010209:Paper; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood
D001572:Benzofurans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; C023614:dibenzofuran