Apparent half-lives of dioxins, furans, and polychlorinated biphenyls as a function of age, body fat, smoking status, and breast-feeding.
Environ Health Perspect
; 117(3): 417-25, 2009 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19337517
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
In this study we reviewed the half-life data in the literature for the 29 dioxin, furan, and polychlorinated biphenyl congeners named in the World Health Organization toxic equivalency factor scheme, with the aim of providing a reference value for the half-life of each congener in the human body and a method of half-life estimation that accounts for an individual's personal characteristics. DATA SOURCES AND EXTRACTION We compared data from >30 studies containing congener-specific elimination rates. Half-life data were extracted and compiled into a summary table. We then created a subset of these data based on defined exclusionary criteria. DATASYNTHESIS:
We defined values for each congener that approximate the half-life in an infant and in an adult. A linear interpolation of these values was used to examine the relationship between half-life and age, percent body fat, and absolute body fat. We developed predictive equations based on these relationships and adjustments for individual characteristics.CONCLUSIONS:
The half-life of dioxins in the body can be predicted using a linear relationship with age adjusted for body fat, smoking, and breast-feeding. Data suggest an alternative method based on a linear relationship between half-life and total body fat, but this approach requires further testing and validation with individual measurements.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
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Dioxins
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Furans
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Environ Health Perspect
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States