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Using Biomonitoring to Assess Human Exposure to Perchlorate

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Scientifically valid exposure assessment is crucial to risk assessment, risk management, and prevention of environmental disease. Biomonitoring is an excellent tool for evaluating human exposure to perchlorate from all sources, and often provides complementary information to environmental data. Analytical methods for perchlorate biomonitoring must be adequately sensitive and selective to detect sub-parts-per-billion levels in complex matrixes. Through improved exposure assessment we can better evaluate the relevance of environmental perchlorate to human exposure and health.

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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    Benjamin C. Blount & Liza Valentín-Blasini

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Blount, B.C., Valentín-Blasini, L. (2006). Using Biomonitoring to Assess Human Exposure to Perchlorate. In: Gu, B., Coates, J.D. (eds) Perchlorate. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-31113-0_9

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