Titre : | Proceedings of Health Conference'97 - Great Lakes/St. Lawrence. Exposure assessment : Serum levels of TCDD in Seveso, Italy. (1999) |
Auteurs : | L.L. NEEDHAM ; P. BRAMBILLA ; Christopher-T DE ROSA, éd. ; P.M. GERTHOUX ; Andrew-P GILMAN, éd. ; P. MOCARELLI ; Dgjr PATTERSON ; Zemoria-A ROSEMOND, éd. ; E.J. SAMPSON ; S.J. Smith ; Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Us Department of Health and Human Services. Atlanta. GA. USA ; Health Canada. CAN ; National Center for Environmental Health. Mailstop F-17. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta. GA. USA ; University Department of Clinical Pathology. Hospital of Desio. Desio Milan. ITA ; Health Conference'97 - Great Lakes/St. Lawrence. (12/05/1997; Montréal. PQ. CAN) |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Environmental research (vol. 80, n° 2, 1999) |
Pagination : | S200-S206 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Contamination ; Pollution sol ; Italie ; Europe ; Consommation alimentaire ; Taux ; Homme ; Sérum ; Sexe ; Age ; Epidémiologie |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 2ZVWMR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Accurate exposure assessment is an important step in both risk assessment and epidemiologic studies involving potential human exposure to environmental toxicants. Various methods have been used to assess human exposure. These methods include models based on one's temporal and spatial nearness to the source, environmental levels of toxicant, and biological measures. We believe that the latter measure is the "gold standard." In this article we present the serum 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-pdioxin levels in residents of the contaminated zones in Seveso, Italy, in 1976, and delineate these data by age and gender. Some of these serum levels are among the highest ever reported and thus this population serves as a benchmark for comparison of human exposure and potential adverse health effects. One such potential population is that population consuming potentially contaminated fish. |