National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Toxicants.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.
Physical Description:
xxi, 291 p. : ill.
General Note:
"Biomonitoring has various applications; the focus in this report is on the role of biomonitoring as an exposure-assessment tool, which is central to public-health efforts"--P. xi.
Contents:
Introduction -- U.S. and International Biomonitoring Efforts -- Framework to Characterize Biomarkers and Uses of Biomonitoring -- Considerations in the Design of Biomonitoring Studies -- Interpretation of Biomonitoring Results -- Communicating Results, Interpretations, and Uses of Biomonitoring Data to Nonscientists -- Research Agenda -- Biographic Information on the Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Toxicants -- Additional Case Studies Used to Exemplify Interpretative Approaches Described in Chapter 5 -- PBPK Modeling.
