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Demographic, behavioral, dietary, and socioeconomic characteristics related to persistent organic pollutants and mercury levels in pregnant women in Japan

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Title: Demographic, behavioral, dietary, and socioeconomic characteristics related to persistent organic pollutants and mercury levels in pregnant women in Japan
Authors: Miyashita, Chihiro Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Sasaki, Seiko Browse this author
Saijo, Yasuaki Browse this author
Okada, Emiko Browse this author
Kobayashi, Sumitaka Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Baba, Toshiaki Browse this author
Kajiwara, Jumboku Browse this author
Todaka, Takashi Browse this author
Iwasaki, Yusuke Browse this author
Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Browse this author
Hachiya, Noriyuki Browse this author
Yasutake, Akira Browse this author
Murata, Katsuyuki Browse this author
Kishi, Reiko Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Keywords: Persistent organic pollutants
Mercury
Pregnant women
Biomarkers
POPs
Issue Date: Aug-2015
Publisher: Elsevier
Journal Title: Chemosphere
Volume: 133
Start Page: 13
End Page: 21
Publisher DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.02.062
Abstract: Persistent organic pollutants and mercury are known environmental chemicals that have been found to be ubiquitous in not only the environment but also in humans, including women of reproductive age. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between personal lifestyle characteristics and environmental chemical levels during the perinatal period in the general Japanese population. This study targeted 322 pregnant women enrolled in the Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health. Each participant completed a self-administered questionnaire and a food-frequency questionnaire to obtain relevant information on parental demographic, behavioral, dietary, and socioeconomic characteristics. In total, 58 non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls, 17 dibenzo-p-dioxins and -dibenzofuran, and 12 dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls congeners, perfluorooctane sulfonate, perfluorooctanoic acid, and mercury were measured in maternal samples taken during the perinatal period. Linear regression models were constructed against potential related factors for each chemical concentration. Most concentrations of environmental chemicals were correlated with the presence of other environmental chemicals, especially in the case of non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls and, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and -dibezofurans and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls which had similar exposure sources and persistence in the body. Maternal smoking and alcohol habits, fish and beef intake and household income were significantly associated with concentrations of environmental chemicals. These results suggest that different lifestyle patterns relate to varying exposure to environmental chemicals.
Rights: © 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Type: article (author version)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/87376
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