AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001
SPCB (in µg/g lipid)
N
Mean
Median Geometric
mean
P25 P75 Minimum Maximum
Cohort 2-
1994
(Steuerwald
et al.,
2000)
173
1.58
1.15
1.12
0.62
1.87
0.04
18.4
Cohort 4-
2001
(see
section 6.3)
148
1.33
0.92
0.94
0.54
1.55
0.06
8.0
¹: Sum of PCB was calculated as 2.0 times the sum of the most prevalent congeners 138, 153, and 180.
While analyzing the PCB concentration in transitional milk of cohort 1, it was found that the three
congeners (138, 153, and 180) constituted 50% of the total PCB concentration.
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