The U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and human exposure to environmental chemicals

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-101

  Calafat, Antonia M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CDC; Human biomonitoring; NHANES

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES; URINE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; LEAD; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857361377     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Angerer J., Bird M.G., Burke T.A., Doerrer N.G., Needham L., Robison S.H., Sheldon L., Zenick H. Strategic biomonitoring initiatives: moving the science forward. Toxicol. Sci. 2006, 93:3-10.
2. Angerer J., Ewers U., Wilhelm M. Human biomonitoring: state of the art. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 2007, 210:201-228.
3. CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009, National Center for Health Statistics, Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/about_nhanes.htm (accessed 01.03.11.).
4. CDC Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. Updated Tables, February 2011 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Environmental Health; Division of Laboratory Sciences, Atlanta, GA, Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/pdf/Updated_Tables.pdf (accessed 01.03.11.)
5. CDC NHANES Environmental Chemical Data Tutorial 2011, National Center for Health Statistics, Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/tutorials/environmental/index.htm (accessed 01.03.11.).
6. Jones R.L., Homa D.M., Meyer P.A., Brody D.J., Caldwell K.L., Pirkle J.L., Brown M.J. Trends in blood lead levels and blood lead testing among US children aged 1 to 5 years, 1988-2004. Pediatrics 2009, 123:e376-e385.
7. Jusko T.A., Henderson C.R., Lanphear B.P., Cory-Slechta D.A., Parsons P.J., Canfield R.L. Blood lead concentrations <10mu g/dL and child intelligence at 6 years of age. Environ. Health Perspect. 2008, 116:243-248.
8. National Research Council Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Chemicals 2006, National Academy of Sciences, Available from: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11700#toc (accessed 28.02.11.).
9. Needham L.L., Calafat A.M., Barr D.B. Uses and issues of biomonitoring. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 2007, 210:229-238.
10. Pirkle J.L., Sampson E.J., Needham L.L., Patterson D.G., Ashley D.L. Using biological monitoring to assess human exposure to priority toxicants. Environ. Health Perspect. 1995, 3(103 Suppl.):45-48.
11. Schulz C., Angerer J., Ewers U., Kolossa-Gehring M. The German Human Biomonitoring Commission. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 2007, 210:373-382.
12. Woodruff T.J., Zota A.R., Schwartz J.M. Environmental chemicals in pregnant women in the US: NHANES 2003-2004. Environ. Health Perspect. 2011, 119:385-878.