Some dietary predictors of plasma organochlorine concentrations in an elderly German population.

From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: March 1, 1998| Author: Devoto, Emily; Heeschen, W.; Kohlmeier, Lenore | Copyright information

Associations between reported consumption of animal products and chlorinated hydrocarbon concentrations were examined in 297 elderly people who lived in Germany. Consumption of beef and lamb was correlated positively with hexachlorobenzene (HCB), [Beta]-hexachlorocyclohexane ([Beta]-HCH), total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and total dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) (r = .13-.19, p [is less than] .05). Consumption of saltwater fish was correlated positively with [Alpha]-HCH, dieldri...

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