EHIB – Thư viện y tế sức khỏe Biomonitoring is the assessment of exposure to toxic substances in people by the laboratory measurement of these substances (or their metabolites) in human specimens, such as blood, urine, or saliva. It can be used to establish the body burden or internal dose of specific environmental contaminants through all routes of exposure. Population-based biomonitoring, in combination with environmental monitoring (e.g. of air, dust, water, food, and soil), can provide detailed information about differences in exposures across geography, race/ethnicity, and socio-economic status. Biological monitoring can also illuminate the relationships between genetic predispositions or sensitivities and disease outcomes.
EHIB uses biomonitoring in studies linking environmental exposures and pollution-related diseases, for environmental health tracking and to explore body burdens in populations that may be at increased risk from exposure.
Lori Copan is the Project Manager for the CA Biomonitoring Planning Project at EHLB. Click on her link below to contact her.
TOPICS
- Biomarkers , Research Tools
FACT SHEETS
- Pesticide Exposure in Women of Imperial County
PAPERS
- Adipose levels of dioxins and risk of breast cancer
- Biological monitoring for mercury within a community with soil and fish contamination
- Distribution of persistent, lipid-soluble chemicals in breast and abdominal adipose tissues: Lessons learned from a breast cancer study
- Micronucleated erythrocytes as an index of cytogenetic damage in humans: demographic and dietary factors associated with micronucleated erythrocytes in splenectomized subjects
- Worldwide trends in DDT levels in human breast milk
RELATED PROJECTS
- Dioxins in California
- Indoor Air Quality in Saugus Schools
- Urinary Pesticide Metabolites with CDC
CONTACTS
- Lori Copan (Main)
