A weight of evidence approach for selecting exposure biomarkers for biomonitoring

Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-73

  Zelenka, Michael P ^a   Barr, Dana Boyd ^b   Nicolich, Mark J ^c   Lewis, R Jeffrey ^a   Bird, Michael G ^a   Letinski, Daniel J ^a   Metcalf, Susan W ^d   O'Lone, Raegan B ^e  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c COGIMET ^*  (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^e ILSI HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

benzene; Biological monitoring; biomarker of exposure; weight of evidence calculator

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 79251519698     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: 13665804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1354750X.2010.533283     Document Type: Article

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