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Associations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in breast milk and dietary habits and demographic factors in Taiwan
- Source :
- Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association. 46(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to examine levels of PBDEs in breast milk associated with seafood consumptions of Taiwanese mothers. Our participants were selected from healthy women recruited between December 2000 and November 2001 from a medical center in central Taiwan. The congeners of PBDEs in 20 milk samples were analyzed by a gas chromatograph with a high resolution mass detector. The mean level of BDE47 in breast milk from mothers with pre-pregnant BMI22.0kg/m2 had a significantly higher magnitude compared to those with pre-pregnant BMIor = 22.0kg/m2 (1.59 vs. 0.995ng/g lipid, p=0.041). We did not find significant correlations between PBDEs exposure levels and women's age, parity, blood pressure, annual household income, and education level. Women who ate more fish and meat did not show significantly higher PBDE levels than those who ate less, but a significant difference in PBDE levels was demonstrated between the higher (2.15ng/g lipid) and lower (3.98ng/g lipid) shellfish consuming subjects (p=0.002) after an adjustment for the confounders. The ratios of PCB153/BDE47, PCB153/BDE153, and PCB153/PBDEs were significantly correlated with frequent consumption of fish and shellfish. The PCB153/BDE153 ratio was not associated with the other dietary habits (i.e. meat). The ratios of PCB153/PBDEs may therefore be a new indicator for exposure as a result of seafood consumption.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Polybrominated Biphenyls
Breastfeeding
Taiwan
Blood Pressure
Breast milk
Toxicology
Dioxins
Cohort Studies
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
Pregnancy
Environmental health
Internal medicine
Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers
Medicine
Humans
reproductive and urinary physiology
Shellfish
Milk, Human
business.industry
Phenyl Ethers
Significant difference
Age Factors
food and beverages
General Medicine
Feeding Behavior
medicine.disease
Parity
Endocrinology
Seafood
Socioeconomic Factors
Fish
Female
business
Breast feeding
Food Science
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02786915
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1c69827817c59bf6a1ddb8cb4cc2d7c7