Reconstructing population exposures from dose biomarkers: Inhalation of trichloroethylene (TCE) as a case study

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 204-213

  Sohn, Michael D ^a   McKone, Thomas E ^a,b   Blancato, Jerry N ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Biomarkers; Exposure assessment; PBPK modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 2942683492     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500314     Document Type: Article

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