title: PCDD/PCDF levels in the blood of workers at a pulp and paper mill.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kontsas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tornaeus
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mutanen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jäppinen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vainio
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Needham
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; C023614:dibenzofuran