L'article du mois
(Décembre 2008)
"Blood levels of organotin
compounds and their relation to fish consumption in
Finland" Rantakokko P, Turunen A, Verkasalo P,
Kiviranta H, Männistö S, Vartiainen T. Science of
the Total Environment, 2008, 399; 90-95
Abstract
The objective of this study was to measure the
concentrations of organotin compounds in the whole blood
of Finnish male fishermen ( n=133),
their wives (n=94),
and other family members (n=73),
and to investigate their associations with background
variables. The concentrations were generally low, less
than the limit of quantification (LOQ) for the vast
majority of compounds and samples. Of the organotin
compounds (mono-, di-, and tributyltin, mono-, di-, and
triphenyltin, and dioctyltin), only triphenyltin was
detected in more than just a few samples (in 37 of 300
samples, LOQ=0.04 ng/ml). These were mainly the samples
of fishermen (26/37) and their wives (10/37). For
statistical analysis, concentrations of triphenyltin
were divided into two categories,
bLOQ
and NLOQ.
Of the different background variables, age and fish
consumption contributed the most to the triphenyltin
concentrations. When age and fish consumption (g/day)
were divided into three categories, odds ratios
comparing the highest with the lowest category were 3.88
for age (95% CI 1.36–
11.09) and 3.48 for fish consumption (1.36–8.94),
respectively. Compared with females, males had an odds
ratio of 1.51 of having the concentration of
triphenyltin
NLOQ
(0.72–3.14).
To the best of our knowledge, this study confirmed for
the first time with human samples that fish consumption
can be associated with triphenyltin concentration in
whole blood.
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