title: 25 years of HBM in the Czech Republic.
abstract: Since 1991 a human biomonitoring network has been established in the Czech Republic as part of the Environmental Health Monitoring System, which was set out by the Government Resolution. During the last quarter-century, important data was obtained to characterize exposure to both children and adult populations to significant toxic substances from the environment, to development trends over time, to establish reference values and compare them with existing health-related values. Moreover, the saturation of population with several essential substances as selenium, zinc, copper or iodine has also been monitored. Development of analytical and statistical methods led to increase the capacity building, improvement of QA/QC in analytical laboratories and interpretation of results. The obtained results are translated to policy actions and are used in health risk assessment processes at local and national levels.
authors.affiliation: Charles University in Prague, Third Faculty of Medicine, Ruska 87, 100 00, Prague, Czech Republic; National Institute of Public Health, Srobarova 48, 100 42, Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: mcerna@szu.cz.
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Černá
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Srobarova 48, 100 42, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Vladimíra
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Puklová
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Srobarova 48, 100 42, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hanzlíková
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Srobarova 48, 100 42, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sochorová
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Srobarova 48, 100 42, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Růžena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kubínová
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D018153:Czech Republic; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants
keywords: Czech Republic; General population; Human biomonitoring; Time trends