Validity criteria for the use of biological markers of exposure to chemical agents in environmental epidemiology.
Biomarkers may prove very useful in increasing the precision of exposure estimates during field epidemiological studies of environmental and occupational exposures. However, the determination of validity of exposure biomarkers is a laborious process. It is also a process that needs collaboration between laboratory and field scientists if biological markers of exposure are to be useful tools in environmental epidemiology.
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Screening and Notification Section, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA.
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D015415:Biomarkers; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012307:Risk Factors
D015415:Biomarkers; D004785:Environmental Pollutants