What Additional Factors Beyond State-of-the-Art Analytical Methods Are Needed for Optimal Generation and Interpretation of Biomonitoring Data?
Author(s) -
Antonia M. Calafat,
Larry L. Needham
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901108
Subject(s) - biomonitoring , representativeness heuristic , environmental science , exposure assessment , sample (material) , biological materials , environmental chemistry , computer science , environmental health , biochemical engineering , chemistry , medicine , mathematics , engineering , statistics , chromatography
The routine use of biomonitoring (i.e., measurement of environmental chemicals, their metabolites, or specific reaction products in human biological specimens) to assess internal exposure (i.e., body burden) has gained importance in exposure assessment.
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