A Study on Organochlorine Residues in Human Bodies

VernacularTitle:有機塩素剤の人体内残留に関する研究
Author: Akira Suzuki ; Akira Kasai ; Shinji Asanuma ; Kazuo Kurosawa ; Kiichiro Sasaki ; Masahiko Sakurai ; Eishiro Abe ; Shoichi Miyazawa ; Shosui Matsushima
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 1984;33(2):147-152
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Two hundred and thirty adipose tissues were collected from inpatients, who had undergone an operation and an autopsy in the Saku Central Hospital from 1980 to 1982. Organochlorine pesticides were extracted from the adipose tissues and determined by gas-liquid chromatography with an electron-capture detector.
The mean value was 1, 429 ppm for total BHC among males, and 1.665 ppm among females, 4.893 ppm and 3.791 ppm for total DDT, 1.082 ppm and 0.782 ppm for PCB, respectively. Regression analysis between the total BHC residue and the ages of patients indicated a positive correlation for both sexs. As for the relation between the rate of obesity and the residues, low rates of obesity (-10%--19%) were most significantly correlated with high values of total BHC, total DDT and PCB.
We also discussed relations between cancerous diseases and the residues.