ArticleJournal of environmental and public health2015
Regional Variation in Human Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants in the United States, NHANES.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Comparison of untargeted and targeted perfluoroalkyl acids measured in adolescent girls.Chemosphere · 2022Article
- A comprehensive analysis of racial disparities in chemical biomarker concentrations in United States women, 1999-2014.Environment international · 2020Article
- Adolescents exposed to the World Trade Center collapse have elevated serum dioxin and furan concentrations more than 12years later.Environment international · 2018Article
- Childhood Residential and Agricultural Pesticide Exposures in Relation to Adult-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women.American journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- Serum Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Thyroid Function among Michigan Adults Several Decades after the 1973-1974 PBB Contamination of Livestock Feed.Environmental health perspectives · 2017Article
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Abstract
We examined serum levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) among geographical regions of the United States as defined by the US Census Bureau. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data for adults aged 20 years and older are presented for selected survey periods between 1999 and 2010. From NHANES 1999 through 2004, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) concentration levels were consistently higher among people living in the West than in the Midwest, Northeast, or South. In 2003-2010, perfluorinated compound concentrations tended to be highest in the South. The sum of 35 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) congeners was significantly higher in the Northeast [GM: 189; 95% CI: 173-204 ng/g lipid] than the remaining regions. The regional differences in higher body burdens of exposure to particular POPs could be attributed to a variety of activities, including region-specific patterns of land use and industrial and agricultural chemical applications, as well as different levels of regulatory activity.
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