Author/Authors :
Cristina ApreaCorresponding author contact information، نويسنده , , a، نويسنده , ,
Alberto Bettab، نويسنده , ,
Giovanni Catenaccic، نويسنده , ,
Andrea Lottid، نويسنده , ,
Claudio Minoiae، نويسنده , ,
Walter Passinif، نويسنده , ,
Ivo Pavanf، نويسنده , ,
Francesco Saverio Robustelli della Cunae، نويسنده , ,
Carla Roggig، نويسنده , ,
Roberto Ruggerih، نويسنده , ,
Claudio Soavei، نويسنده , ,
Gianfranco Sciarraa، نويسنده , ,
Patrizia Vanninih، نويسنده , ,
Vincenzo Vitaloned، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The results of a study in which urinary ethylenethiourea (ETU) was assayed in the general population (167 subjects) of four Regions of Italy (Veneto, Lombardy, Piedmont and Trentino Alto Adige) are reported. The results are compared with those in a population of 97 subjects from Rovescala, a hillside wine-producing town a few kilometres from Pavia, where ethylenebisdithiocarbamates are sprayed by helicopter. It was found that an average of 24% of the populations of the four regions, taken together, had urinary ETU levels above detection limits (1.0 μg l−1) as compared to 37% of the population of Rovescala. The ranges of concentration were 0.8–8.3 μg l−1 for the four regions and 0.9–61.4 μg l−1 for Rovescala. Statistically significant variables for urinary ETU levels were smoking and wine drinking.
Keywords :
Ethylenethiourea , Ethylenebisdithiocarbamates , Reference values , General population
