Uses of NHANES biomarker data for chemical risk assessment: Trends, challenges, and opportunities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 919-927

  Sobus, Jon R ^a   DeWoskin, Robert S ^b   Tan, Yu Mei ^a   Pleil, Joachim D ^a   Phillips, Martin Blake ^c,e   George, Barbara Jane ^d   Christensen, Krista ^a   Schreinemachers, Dina M ^a   Williams, Marc A ^d   Hubal, Elaine A Cohen ^a   Edwards, Stephen W ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUTRITION; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943235627     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409177     Document Type: Review

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