AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY ON HEALTH EFFECTS BY DIOXIN IN VIETNAM INTRODUCTION OF NEW “HOT SPOT AREA
Introduction This study is to assess the relationship between AO/dioxin exposure and human health effects in a dioxin hot spot and non-exposed areas in Vietnam. Materials and Methods The epidemiological study has been carried out in both areas. The subjects consist of 58 lactat ing females in hot spot area and 53 lactat ing females in non-exposed, aged 20-30 years old and their infants aged 4-16 weeks old in each area. Informat ion about risk factors for disease was obtained through interviews to mothers. These mothers have taken saliva to analyze hormone. The measurement data on bodies of mothers and their infants were compared between two areas. Results and Discussion The results show that prevalence of low hormone values in mothers between hot spot and non-exposed areas are not significant. The cort isone in saliva is good relation with that in breast milk samples of Vietnamese mothers. Significant differences were not shown between the salivary hormone levels of mothers in hot spot and non-exposed areas. However, the prevalence of low estradiol level was detected higher in hot spot area than in non-exposed area. Further research should be carried out to clarify the association between dioxin exposure and human health effects.
Nhu DD Nishijo M Nakagawa H Hung NN Thom LTH Kido T Naganuma R Saito K Suzuki H Kuroda N Honma S Honma K Maruzeni S
Divis ion of Health Sciences,Graduate School of Medical Science,Kanazawa University,Ishikawa 920-094 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,Kanazawa Medical Univers ity,Ishikawa 920-0293,Japan 10-80 Division,Hanoi Medical University,Ha Noi,Vietnam ASKA Pharma Medical Co.Ltd.,Kawasaki 213-8522,Japan
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北京
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2009-08-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）