title: [Biological monitoring at the work site].
abstract: Exposure to industrial chemicals is assessed by ambient monitoring (external exposure/dose), by health surveillance (detection of adverse biological/health effects in exposed workers) and by biological monitoring (evaluation of the internal exposure of the organism to a chemical agent). Objectives, principal advantages and limitations of biological monitoring are discussed; the programs of biological monitoring as a part of the health surveillance of Swiss workers guided by the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund are briefly summarized.
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis; D001682:Biological Availability; D001822:Body Burden; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005461:Fluorine / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism; D012997:Solvents / Q000032:analysis; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D012997:Solvents; D002104:Cadmium; D005461:Fluorine; D007854:Lead; D008628:Mercury
vernacular_title: Biologische Uberwachung am Arbeitsplatz.