Unraveling the Health Effects of Environmental Mixtures: An NIEHS Priority

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 121; no. 1; pp. A6 - a8
• Main Authors: Carlin, Danielle J., Rider, Cynthia V., Woychik, Rick, Birnbaum, Linda S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Analysis; Chemical compounds; Chemicals; Collaboration; Conferences; Discipline; Environmental effects; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Health; Environmental protection; Epidemiology; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Humans; Interdisciplinary aspects; Methods; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (U.S.); Oil spills; Risk assessment; Science; Studies; Toxicology; United States; United States

[...]unbiased approaches (i.e., approaches that provide comprehensive characterization of exposure without an a priori hypothesis) such as the exposome are needed to move beyond "looking under the lamppost" (i.e., only measuring exposure for chemicals with available toxicology data). [...]...