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Biological Monitoring Studies in Occupational and Environmental Health

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Epidemiology and Quantitation of Environmental Risk in Humans from Radiation and Other Agents

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In the last two decades Biological Monitoring (BM)-programs have rapidly expanded, in addition to and sometimes as an alternative to environmental monitoring (EM). However, enthusiastic acceptance of a new approach may easily lead to confusion, e.g. in definitions and consequently in practice.

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  1. Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Reinier L. Zielhuis (Chair of occupational and environmental health)

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  1. Department for Environmental Protection and Health, ENEA, CRE, Casaccia, Rome, Italy

    Amleto Castellani

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Zielhuis, R.L. (1985). Biological Monitoring Studies in Occupational and Environmental Health. In: Castellani, A. (eds) Epidemiology and Quantitation of Environmental Risk in Humans from Radiation and Other Agents. NATO ASI Series, vol 96. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9445-1_18

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