Applicability of non-invasively collected matrices for human biomonitoring

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Smolders, Roel ^a   Schramm, Karl Werner ^b   Nickmilder, Marc ^c   Schoeters, Greet ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN; REVIEW; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS;

EID: 63149185264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-8     Document Type: Review

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