The levels of organochlorine pesticide residues <FONT FACE=Symbol>¾</FONT> hexaclorobenzene (HCB), lindane (gamma-HCH), aldrin and 4,4'dichloro diphenil 1,1'dichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) - present in mammary adipose tissue samples from women living in Cordoba (Spain) were evaluated. The compound found at the highest concentration was p,p´-DDE (1.869(mug/g of adipose tissue), which was present in 100% of the analyzed samples. The average levels of HCB, gamma-HCH and aldrin were 0.236, 0.003 and 0.006mug/g of adipose tissue, respectively. The tissue levels of organochlorine residues were correlated with the weekly intake of meat and fish by donors. Only the tissue levels of p-p´-DDE were significantly (p<FONT FACE=Symbol>£</FONT>0.05) affected by the frequency of meat intake. Donors with a meat intake higher than four times a week presented an average level of 2.833mug/g of adipose tissue.
p-p´-DDE; gamma-HCH; HCB; aldrin; meat intake; fish intake; mammary adipose tissue
