Author, as appears in the article.: Domingo JL, García F, Nadal M, Schuhmacher M.
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques Enginyeria Química
URV's Author/s: Domingo Roig, José Luis / García Sayago, Francisco / Nadal Lomas, Martí / Schuhmacher Ansuategui, Marta
Keywords: Pcdd/fs Metals Human biomonitoring Autopsies Adipose tissue metals human biomonitoring autopsies adipose tissue
Abstract: Human biomonitoring is of tremendous importance to prevent potential adverse effects derived from human exposure to chemicals. Blood and urine are among the biological monitors more frequently used. However, biological matrices such as breast milk, hair, nails, saliva, feces, teeth, and expired air are also often used. In addition, and focused mainly on long-term exposure, adipose tissue and other human tissues like bone, liver, brain or kidney, are also used as biological monitors of certain substances, especially for long-term biomonitoring. However, for this kind of tissues sampling is always a limiting factor. In this paper, we have examined the role of autopsy tissues as biological monitors of human exposure to environmental pollutants. For it, we have used a case study conducted near a hazardous waste incinerator (HWI) in Catalonia (Spain), in which the concentrations of metals and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), have been periodically determined in autopsy tissues of subjects living in the area under potential influence of the facility. This case study does not show advantages -in comparison to other appropriate biomonitors such as blood- in using autopsy tissues in the monitoring of long-term exposure to metals and PCDD/Fs.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Public, environmental & occupational health Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Odontología Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Geociências General medicine General environmental science Farmacia Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Direito Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Biodiversidade Biochemistry Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 00139351
Author's mail: francisco.garcia@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat marta.schuhmacher@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-0594-8370 0000-0001-6647-9470 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0003-4381-2490
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935116311197
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Environmental Research. 154 269-274
APA: Domingo JL, García F, Nadal M, Schuhmacher M. (2017). Autopsy tissues as biological monitors of human exposure to environmental pollutants. A case study: Concentrations of metals and PCDD/Fs in subjects living near a hazardous waste incinerator. Environmental Research, 154(), 269-274. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.01.014
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.01.014
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2017
Publication Type: Journal Publications