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Foreword: Biomonitoring Equivalents Special Issue.

Meek ME, Sonawane B, Becker RA

R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

The challenges of interpreting results of biomonitoring for environmental chemicals in humans is highlighted in this Foreword to the Biomonitoring Equivalents (BEs) special issue of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. There is a pressing need to develop risk-based tools in order to empower scientists and health professionals to interpret and communicate the significance of human biomonitoring data. The BE approach, which integrates dosimetry and risk assessment methods, represents an important advancement on the path toward achieving this objective. The articles in this issue, developed as a result of an expert panel meeting, present guidelines for derivation of BEs, guidelines for communication using BEs and several case studies illustrating application of the BE approach for specific substances.

Published 8 April 2008 in Regul Toxicol Pharmacol.
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