Review of the state of the art of human biomonitoring for chemical substances and its application to human exposure assessment for food safety

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EFSA Supporting PublicationsVolume 12, Issue 2 724E External scientific reportOpen Access Review of the state of the art of human biomonitoring for chemical substances and its application to human exposure assessment for food safety Judy Choi, Judy Choi Judy Choi, Alexandra Polcher, Anke JoasSearch for more papers by this authorThit Aarøe Mørck, Thit Aarøe Mørck Thit Aarøe Mørck, Lisbeth E. KnudsenSearch for more papers by this authorAlexandra Polcher, Alexandra Polcher Judy Choi, Alexandra Polcher, Anke JoasSearch for more papers by this authorLisbeth E. Knudsen, Lisbeth E. Knudsen Thit Aarøe Mørck, Lisbeth E. KnudsenSearch for more papers by this authorAnke Joas, Anke Joas Judy Choi, Alexandra Polcher, Anke JoasSearch for more papers by this author Judy Choi, Judy Choi Judy Choi, Alexandra Polcher, Anke JoasSearch for more papers by this authorThit Aarøe Mørck, Thit Aarøe Mørck Thit Aarøe Mørck, Lisbeth E. KnudsenSearch for more papers by this authorAlexandra Polcher, Alexandra Polcher Judy Choi, Alexandra Polcher, Anke JoasSearch for more papers by this authorLisbeth E. Knudsen, Lisbeth E. Knudsen Thit Aarøe Mørck, Lisbeth E. KnudsenSearch for more papers by this authorAnke Joas, Anke Joas Judy Choi, Alexandra Polcher, Anke JoasSearch for more papers by this author First published: 24 February 2015 https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2015.EN-724Citations: 30 The present document has been produced and adopted by the bodies identified above as author(s). This task has been carried out exclusively by the author(s) in the context of a contract between the European Food Safety Authority and the author(s), awarded following a tender procedure. The present document is published complying with the transparency principle to which the Authority is subject. It may not be considered as an output adopted by the Authority. 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