title: Levels of dioxins, furans and PCBs in human serum and milk of people living in Greece.
abstract: In an attempt to evaluate the background levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), non-ortho, mono-ortho and indicator polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in people living in an urban (Athens) and a rural (Kozani) area of Greece, blood serum and mother milk samples were analyzed. Analytical results are reported in this study. Statistically significantly differences were observed between regions, sexes and ages. Contamination levels in blood and human milk from Greece reported here are low compared to the previously reported dioxin data from other European countries and give no indication of particular health risk.
authors.affiliation: Mass Spectrometry and Dioxin Analysis Laboratory, IRRP, NCSR Demokritos, 15310 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Danae
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Costopoulou
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vassiliadou
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Makropoulos
authors.forename: Leondios
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leondiadis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D008055:Lipids; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls