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[Determination of several environmental contaminants in human body]
Yajing Lei1, Yinhuan Zhu, Weixing Shi
1College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Objective:
To detect common environmental pollutants in human body.
Methods:
Urine samples were collected from 80 healthy subjects. Chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS), HPLC and ELISA were applied to detect several common environmental pollutants in urine samples.
Results:
DBP and methylbenzene were present in 75.3% and 41.2% of urine samples. The methanal and AFM1 were found in most of urine samples (approximately 91≊97%). By contrast, PCBs, CPZ, 4, 5-DCC were found in less than 5 samples, but there was no TMT detected.
Conclusion:
Some of the environmental pollutants including carcinogens are detected in urine samples in this study.
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