What Can Epidemiological Studies Tell Us about the Impact of Chemical Mixtures on Human Health?

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 124; no. 1; pp. A6 - A9
• Main Authors: Braun, Joseph M., Gennings, Chris, Hauser, Russ, Webster, Thomas F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Bias; Biomarkers; Brief Communication; Chemical agents; Chemicals; Dioxins; Disease; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Environmental Health - methods; Environmental Pollutants - adverse effects; Epidemiologic Studies; Epidemiology; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Humans; Hypotheses; Hypothesis testing; Methods; PCB; Pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Public health; Risk Assessment; Statistical methods; Studies

Humans are exposed to a large number of environmental chemicals: Some of these may be toxic, and many others have unknown or poorly characterized health effects. There is intense interest in determining the impact of exposure to environmental chemical mixtures on human health. As the study of mixtur...