Biological monitoring in waste landfills studies.
The assessment of exposure to chemicals from waste landfills and their health impact is a crucial, yet extremely difficult task in waste landfill studies. Use of biological markers, both of exposure and of health effects, may be very helpful if adequately chosen and precisely applied. They must be validated before application in risk assessment studies by establishing the relationship between the biomarker, exposure and the health outcome. Biomarkers suitable for the application in the waste landfill studies are reviewed in this paper.
Tarkowski
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Department of Environmental Health Hazards, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, P.O. Box 199, 90-950 Łódź, Poland.
Jarup
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Laurent
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D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D012037:Refuse Disposal