Korea National Survey for Environmental Pollutants in the human body 2008: 1-hydroxypyrene, 2-naphthol, and cotinine in urine of the Korean population
- Authors
- Sul, Donggeun; Ahn, Ryoungme; Im, Hosub; Oh, Eunha; Kim, Jae Hyoun; Kim, Jin Gyoung; Kim, PanGyi; Kim, Hyoung-Ah; Park, Won Yeul; Son, Bu Soon; Shin, Daeyewn; Shim, Ae-Sug; Yang, Wonho; Yu, Seung-Do; Lee, Kyoung-Ho; Lee, Kee Jae; Lee, Sun-dong; Lee, Jong Wha; Lee, Chae Kwan; Jang, Bong-Ki; Choi, Kyungho; Han, Don-Hee; Hwang, Moon-Young; Lee, Jin Heon
- Issue Date
- 10월-2012
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Keywords
- Cotinine; 1-Hydorxypyrene; 2-Naphthol; Nicotine; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Urinary metabolites
- Citation
- ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v.118, pp.25 - 30
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
- Volume
- 118
- Start Page
- 25
- End Page
- 30
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/107418
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.envres.2012.07.010
- ISSN
- 0013-9351
- Abstract
- The Korea National Survey for Environmental Pollutants in the human body conducts representative Korean population studies, which were first initiated in 2005 in Korea. This study was conducted from 2008 to 2009 to determine the exposure levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nicotine in the Korean general population. The study population consisted of 4702 adult subjects from 196 sampling locations including coastal, rural, and urban areas. The urinary levels of 1-hydroxypyrene, 2-naphthol, and cotinine were measured for exposure of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nicotine. The geometric means of the urinary 1-hydroxypyrene, 2-naphthol and cotinine concentrations in the Korean general population were 0.15 mu g/L (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.13-0.17), 3.84 mu g/L (95% CI: 3.57-4.11) and 47.42 mu g/L (95% CI: 40.52-54.32) respectively. When these values were compared with reference ranges for the United States and Germany, the levels of 1-hydroxypyrene, 2-naphthol, and cotinine were very similar for Korea and Germany, however, these levels were slightly lower in the United States. This study is the first nationwide survey of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nicotine in Korea and provides a background reference range for exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nicotine in the Korean general population. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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