Pooled biological specimens for human biomonitoring of environmental chemicals: Opportunities and limitations

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-232

  Heffernan, Amy L ^a   Aylward, Lesa L ^b   Toms, Leisa Maree L ^c   Sly, Peter D ^a   Macleod, Matthew ^d   Mueller, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LLP   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; epidemiology; pooling; population based studies

Indexed keywords

POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS;

EID: 84898671377     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.76     Document Type: Review

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