Biologic monitoring of exposure to environmental chemicals throughout the life stages: Requirements and issues for consideration for the National Children's Study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1083-1091

  Barr, Dana B ^a   Wang, Richard Y ^a   Needham, Larry L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adducts; Adipose tissue; Bioaccumulative; Biomonitoring; Blood; Breast milk; Matrix; Metabolite; National children's study; Nonpersistent; Persistent; Toxicant; Urine

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844529473     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7617     Document Type: Article

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