title: [Blood PCB Concentrations and their Tendencies Examined in Fukuoka 2011-2014 Annual Inspections for Yusho].
abstract: We measured PCBs of blood of 154 people in the Yusho medical check-up from January 2011 through December 2014 and analyzed their PCB blood patterns. Eleven examinees were newly certified as Yusho patients during these 4 years. Of these 11, we identified three Yusho patients with the A pattern, five with the B pattern, and three with the BC pattern. We found no Yusho patients with the C pattern. The B pattern was found in 27 of the 154 examinees, such that the probability that an examinee with the B pattern would be certified as a Yusho patient was about 20%. Since 2012, any family members living with a Yusho patient have also been certified as Yusho patients. The number of such family cohabitants was 16, among whom the PCB pattern was uniformly the C pattern. There were 20 examinees born after 1989, and all those examinees were Yusho-suspected persons. The total PCB concentrations of this younger-age group was less than 0.5 ng/g on average and was low compared with the normal controls.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yasutake
authors.forename: Toshitaka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kogiso
authors.forename: Tsuguhide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyawaki
authors.forename: Takamitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Jumboku
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kajiwara
authors.forename: Teruaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchi
authors.forename: Masutaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000097:blood*; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls