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Human Biomonitoring: Development and Results
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Human Biomonitoring: Development and Results

A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 1695

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Dana Boyd Barr

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Laboratory of Exposure Assessment and Development for Environmental Research, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Interests: human biomonitoring; maternal-child health; prenatal chemical exposure; mass spectrometry; neurodevelopment
Dr. Parinya Panuwet

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Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Interests: pesticides; human biomonitoring; methods

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will focus on the emerging and comprehensive methods for biomonitoring and study results of various populations, including variety in geographic locations, life stage, population demographics (e.g., sex, general population, race/ethnicity), and exposure pathways (e.g., prenatal, dietary, non-dietary ingestion, occupation, accidental). The Special Issue seeks to highlight newer and emerging chemicals, but methods and data from more traditional toxicants will also be accepted. In addition, exposure-outcome studies, especially evaluating mixtures will be encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Dana Boyd Barr
Dr. Parinya Panuwet
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Toxics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • human biomonitoring
  • methods
  • population exposure or effect studies
  • emerging contaminants
  • life stages
  • exposed or general population studies
  • biomatrices

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Systematic Review
Determinants of Pesticide Exposure in Occupational Studies: A Meta-Analysis
by Christelle Oltramare, Zakia Mediouni, Yara Shoman, Nancy B. Hopf, Halshka Graczyk and Aurélie Berthet
Toxics 2023, 11(7), 623; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11070623 - 18 Jul 2023
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Few epidemiological studies use exposure determinants specifically tailored to assess pesticide or plant protection product (PPP) exposures when assessing presumed association between occupational exposure and health outcomes among agricultural workers. This lack of exposure specificity could lead to results that fail to detect [...] Read more.
Few epidemiological studies use exposure determinants specifically tailored to assess pesticide or plant protection product (PPP) exposures when assessing presumed association between occupational exposure and health outcomes among agricultural workers. This lack of exposure specificity could lead to results that fail to detect an association. It could be related to the lack of consensus on exposure assessment methods and the choice of exposure determinants. We conducted a meta-analysis following the PRISMA checklist to identify PPP exposure determinants used in occupational studies and identified exposure determinants that best characterized agricultural exposures to PPPs. Out of 1436 studies identified, 71 were included. The exposure determinants identified were active ingredients, chemical classes, types of PPP, crops, tasks, frequencies, duration, lifetime exposure days, and intensity-weighted exposure days. Only six over 17 associations between exposure determinants and health outcomes were found with moderate quality of evidence. Overall, epidemiological studies had difficulty defining relevant determinants to characterize PPP exposures for agricultural workers. We recommend that a standardized list of determinants for PPP exposures in occupational exposure studies should include information on formulations, intensity, duration, and frequency of PPP exposure. Harmonized data collection on exposure and health outcomes are required as well as standard units for each exposure determinant. Full article
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