SPORT FISH CONSUMPTION AND BODY BURDEN LEVELS OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS - A STUDY OF WISCONSIN ANGLERS
SPORT FISH CONSUMPTION AND BODY BURDEN LEVELS OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS - A STUDY OF WISCONSIN ANGLERS
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DOI:
10.1080/00039896.1989.9934380
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发表时间:
1989-03-01
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SONZOGNI, WC
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FIORE, BJ;ANDERSON, HA;SONZOGNI, WC
Sport-caught fish consumption is the major source of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exposure for the general population. To assess this and 2,2''-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE) exposure, we surveyed 801 Wisconsin anglers for fishing and consumption habits and comprehension of and compliance with the Wisconsin fish consumption health advisory. The mean annual number of sport caught fish meals was 18. Seventy-two percent of anglers were familiar with the health advisory. The mean PCB serum congener sum level for 192 anglers was 2.2 .mu.g/l (range = nondetectable to 27.1 .mu.g/l); mean DDE was 6.3 .mu.g/l (range = nondetectable to 40.0 .mu.g/l). Statistically significant positive Spearman correlations were observed between sport-caught fish meals and PCB and DDE sera levels (R = .21 and .14, respectively) and between kilograms of fish caught and PCB sera levels (R = .25). These results demonstrate that anglers may provide a population for assessment of PCBs and DDE associated morbidity and mortality.