Integrated Exposure Assessment Survey (INES). Exposure to persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals in Bavaria, Germany

H. Fromme, M. Albrecht, J. Angerer, H. Drexler, L. Gruber, M. Schlummer, H. Parlar, W. Körner, A. Wanner, D. Heitmann, E. Roscher, G. Bolte

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Abstract

The Integrated Exposure Assessment Survey (INES) was started in the year 2005. Altogether 50 healthy adults living in Bavaria, Germany, were included into the study. Monitoring was conducted in accordance with relevant routes of human exposure (inhalation, ingestion) and integrated different pathways (indoor air, food, house dust). This approach consisted of a combination of external measurements of contaminants with the determination of these substances or their metabolites in body fluids. The target substances were phthalates, perfluorinated compounds (PFC), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs). This paper gives a brief description of the objectives and the concept of INES as well as methods of sampling and analyses of target compounds. Some preliminary results of biomonitoring data for PFC and phthalates as well as of the dietary intake of DEHP will be discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)345-349
Number of pages5
JournalInternational Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
Volume210
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 May 2007

Keywords

  • DEHP
  • Duplicate diet
  • Human biomonitoring
  • Intake
  • PBDE
  • PFC
  • Phthalates

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