Lake Michigan fish consumption as a source of polychlorinated biphenyls in human cord serum, maternal serum, and milk

Journal Article · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Am. J. Public Health Nation's Health; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.73.3.293· OSTI ID:5716221

Schwartz, P M ^[1]; Jacobson, S W; Fein, G; Jacobson, J L; Price, H

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1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Reported consumption of Lake Michigan sport fish was examined in relation to the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in biological samples provided by a sample of maternity patients. Fish consumption was correlated with PCB levels in maternal serum and milk but not in cord serum. PCB levels in serum increased with age, but were unrelated to social class, parity, or weight. Women who breast fed consumed as much fish as women who did not and their maternal and cord sera PCB levels were similar.

• OSTI ID: 5716221
• Journal Information: Am. J. Public Health Nation's Health; (United States), Journal Name: Am. J. Public Health Nation's Health; (United States) Vol. 73:3; ISSN AJPEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD SERUM
BODY FLUIDS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
FEMALES
FISHES
FOOD
FOOD CHAINS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
INGESTION
INTAKE
MAMMALS
MAN
MATERIALS
MILK
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PATIENTS
PREGNANCY
PRIMATES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
VERTEBRATES
WOMEN