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Biological exposure index.

Weinrich AJ

Encyclopedia of toxicology, second edition. Wexler P, Anderson BD, De Peyster A, Gad SC, eds. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2005 Mar; :286-287

https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-12-369400-0/00131-9

20043961

Human biological exposure indices are guidance levels of determinants for assessing worker dose from occupational exposures. They differ from other occupational exposure limits (OELs) for chemicals, which typically are measured in air, in that their determinants are measured in biological materials from the workers. BEIs consider the dose that has entered a worker's body by all routes. Thus, these measurements can provide more complete estimates of exposure, especially for chemicals that may be absorbed by routes other than inhalation and when inhalation rates are altered because, for example, of increased work rates.

Exposure-assessment; Biological-agents; Biomarkers; Humans; Exposure-levels; Occupational-exposure; Employee-exposure; Biological-material; Biological-monitoring; Industrial-exposures; Exposure-limits; Dose-response; Biochemical-indicators

20050301

Chapter

Wexler P; Anderson BD; De Peyster A; Gad SC

2005

9780123694003

EID

Encyclopedia of toxicology, second edition

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