National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals

Provides an ongoing assessment of the exposure of the U.S. pop'n. to environmental chem. using biomonitoring, the assessment of human exposure to chem. by measuring the chem. or their metabolites (i.e., breakdown products) in human specimens, such as blood or urine. Provides exposure info. about people participating in an ongoing nat. survey of the general U.S. pop'n. -- the Nat. Health & Nutrition Exam. Survey. This first release is restricted to gen. U.S. pop'n. data for 1999. Provides info. about levels of 27 environmental chem. measured in the U.S. pop'n. Includes metals, such as lead, mercury, & uranium; organophosphate pesticide metabolites; phthalate metabolites; & cotinine, a marker of exposure to tobacco smoke.Leonard, Barry is the author of 'National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals', published 2005 under ISBN 9781422300213 and ISBN 1422300218.