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Overview of Models Used in Biological Monitoring

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Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals

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Models are used to describe in an abstract but simplified manner the relationships between different biological phenomena or the development of these phenomena with time. In biological monitoring activities, models can be used, for instance, to relate measurements of a metal in blood to the recent exposure or the total body burden or they can be used to relate the measurements of a metal in urine to the probability of a health effect of that metal in an individual or a population. Kinetic models, in which a time variable is incorporated, can be used to analyze or predict changes of the metal concentrations with time.

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  1. Unit for Prevention of Environmental Pollution, World Health Organization, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

    Tord Kjellstrom

  2. Division of Environmental Health, World Health Organization, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

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  1. University of Rochester Shool of Medicine, Rochester, New York, USA

    Thomas W. Clarkson

  2. The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Lars Friberg

  3. University of Umea, Umea, Sweden

    Gunnar F. Nordberg

  4. Stauffer Chemical Company, Farmington, Connecticut, USA

    Polly R. Sager

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Kjellstrom, T. (1988). Overview of Models Used in Biological Monitoring. In: Clarkson, T.W., Friberg, L., Nordberg, G.F., Sager, P.R. (eds) Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals. Rochester Series on Environmental Toxicity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0961-1_5

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