Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) in blood samples of occupationally exposed workers from a transformer recycling plant in Dortmund, Germany-initial findings.
Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) were determined in 23 blood samples of exposed workers from a transformer recycling plant in Dortmund, Germany. Compared to the most recent studies on German background levels of adults, elevated concentrations of up to 71.6 pg WHO(2005)-TEq/g(lipid base) were found for 8 participants, and for individual PCDF congeners for 15 participants.
Department of Hygiene, Social and Environmental Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. wittsiepe@hygiene.rub.de
Jürgen
J
Wittsiepe
Michael
M
Wilhelm
Thomas
T
Kraus
D000328:Adult; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000097:blood*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004581:Electronics; D017743:Equipment Reuse; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D012997:Solvents; D055815:Young Adult
D001572:Benzofurans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012997:Solvents; C023614:dibenzofuran