title: [Polychlorobiphenyls: reference values].
abstract: The purpose of this work is to compare the PCB values in blood, serum and adipose tissue of non-exposed people over the last twenty years of scientific literature in order to establish whether the determination of single congeners is better then the evaluation of the total PCB amount moreover an analytical strategy useful to define a reference value for non-exposed Italian population has been evaluated. In the literature very variable results were found for the determination of total PCBs in blood, in serum or adipose tissue. We suggest to determine only the amount of the most toxic congeners of PCBs (28, 52, 77, 101, 118, 126, 138, 153, 169, 180) by using the HRGC/ECD as analytical technique.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Traumatologia Ortopedia e Medicina del Lavoro Università di Torino.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pavan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baroffio
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Passini
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bilei
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pira
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Minoia
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls
vernacular_title: Policlorobifenili: valori di riferimento.