Mercury, lead and cadmium levels in the urine of 170 Spanish adults: A pilot human biomonitoring study

Human biomonitoring is a well-recognized tool for estimating the exposure of human populations to environmental pollutants. However, information regarding biomarker concentrations of many environmental chemicals in the general population is limited for many countries. The Spanish Environment Ministr...

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Vydáno v:	International journal of hygiene and environmental health Ročník 215; číslo 2; s. 191 - 195
Hlavní autoři:	Castaño, Argelia, Sánchez-Rodríguez, Jinny E., Cañas, Ana, Esteban, Marta, Navarro, Carmen, Rodríguez-García, Ana C., Arribas, Misericordia, Díaz, Gema, Jiménez-Guerrero, José A.
Médium:	Journal Article Konferenční příspěvek
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	München Elsevier GmbH 01.02.2012 Elsevier
Témata:	Adult Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding Bioindicators Biological and medical sciences Cadmium Cadmium - urine Chemicals Dental Amalgam - chemistry Diets Environment. Living conditions Environmental Exposure - analysis Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data Environmental Monitoring - methods Epidemiological Monitoring Female Heavy metals Human biomonitoring (HBM) human populations Humans Lead Lead - urine Life Style Linear Models Male Medical sciences Mercury Mercury - urine Metals, Heavy - urine Middle Aged Miscellaneous persistent organic pollutants Pilot Projects Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Smoking - epidemiology Spain Spain - epidemiology Surveys and Questionnaires Toxicology Urine Young Adult Europe Spain USA Germany Spain, Castilla, Madrid Human biomonitoring (HBM) Urine Lead Cadmium Mercury Spain Human Biological fluid Transition metal Epidemiology Biological monitoring Heavy metal Pilot study Health and environment Clinical biology Pilot test Adult Environmental medicine Blood lead level Public health
ISSN:	1438-4639, 1618-131X, 1618-131X
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Shrnutí:	Human biomonitoring is a well-recognized tool for estimating the exposure of human populations to environmental pollutants. However, information regarding biomarker concentrations of many environmental chemicals in the general population is limited for many countries. The Spanish Environment Ministry has recently funded a human biomonitoring study on the Spanish general population. This study aims to determine reference levels for several biomarkers, especially heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and cotinine, in urine, whole blood, serum and hair, and will involve 2000 volunteers throughout Spain. Samples were taken during 2009–2010 and analyses are currently underway. The results presented herein were obtained in a pilot study carried out in the Madrid region. The study group comprised 170 volunteers, of which 79% were female and 21% male (age: 23–66 years). All participants were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding diet and living habits and provides a morning urine sample. The geometric means for total mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) were 1.23, 1.11 and 0.25μg/g creatinine, respectively. Levels of Pb and Hg were higher than those reported for the general population in the USA and Germany, whereas Cd was in the same range (CDC, 2009; Becker et al., 2003). The values reported here are similar to those reported in other Spanish studies.
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ISSN:	1438-4639 1618-131X 1618-131X
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.09.001