Determination of Organochlorine Pesticides Residues in Human Adipose Tissue, Data from Cukurova, Turkey

We determined and compared the levels of BHC and DDT isomers and metabolites and HCB in the adipose tissue of 82 cases of autopsies performed at the Morgue Department of Adana Branch of the Council of Forensic Medicine. The relationships between the age, gender, and body mass indexes of cases, and t...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2010-07, Vol.85 (1), p.97-102
Main Authors: Daglioglu, Nebile, Gulmen, Mete K, Akcan, Ramazan, Efeoglu, Pınar, Yener, Fadile, Ünal, İlker
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adipose tissue
Adipose Tissue - chemistry
Adipose Tissue - metabolism
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aquatic Pollution
Autopsies
Body fat
Body Mass Index
Cadaver
Canada
Chromatography, Gas
Cities
Cukurova region
DDE
DDT - analysis
DDT - chemistry
DDT - metabolism
Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene - analysis
Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene - chemistry
Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene - metabolism
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Environmental Health
Europe
Female
Forensic medicine
gas chromatography
Gender differences
Hexachlorobenzene - analysis
Hexachlorobenzene - chemistry
Hexachlorobenzene - metabolism
Humans
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated - analysis
India
Male
Metabolites
Middle Aged
Nitrous oxide
Organic compounds
Organochlorine pesticide
Organochlorine pesticides
Pesticide residues
Pesticide Residues - analysis
Pesticides
Pollution
Sex Factors
Soil Science & Conservation
South America
Subcutaneous adipose tissue
Time Factors
Toxicology
Turkey
United States
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Young Adult
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Summary:We determined and compared the levels of BHC and DDT isomers and metabolites and HCB in the adipose tissue of 82 cases of autopsies performed at the Morgue Department of Adana Branch of the Council of Forensic Medicine. The relationships between the age, gender, and body mass indexes of cases, and the accumulation of OCs residues were also investigated. Detectable concentrations of p,p′-DDE were found in 100% of adipose tissue samples. Concentrations of OCs in female adipose tissues were significantly higher than male adipose tissues (p < 0.05). The presented work is highly significant, being the first study pointing out the chronic exposure to organochlorine pesticides in Cukurova region.
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s00128-010-0057-2