The role of metabolomics in characterizing the human exposome

Bioanalysis

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2207-2212

  Athersuch, Toby J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Imperial College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

environment; exposome; human health; life course epidemiology; metabolic profiling; metabolomics; metabonomics

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AGING; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; EXPOSOME; EXPOSURE; EXTERNAL EXPOSURE; GENERAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; INTERNAL EXPOSURE; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULE; POLLUTANT; RADIATION; REVIEW; SMALL MOLECULE; SOCIAL STATUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DATABASES, CHEMICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 84867340580     PISSN: 17576180     EISSN: 17576199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bio.12.211     Document Type: Review

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