Human biomonitoring: research goals and needs.

doi:10.1289/ehp.96104s3479

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Human biomonitoring: research goals and needs.

Environmental health perspectives - 1 May 1996

Suk W A, Collman G, Damstra T

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Epidemiological studies have taken advantage of a number of strategies to monitor human populations for mortality, incidence, and exposure to hazardous environmental agents. These studies have been compromised by the lack of individual exposure assessment data that precisely quantified internal d...

Topics

Air Pollutants
Biomarkers
Carcinogens, Environmental
Cohort Studies
DNA Adducts
Environmental Exposure
Environmental Monitoring
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasms
Polychlorinated Biphenyls

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