Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/29658
Title: Interpreting biomonitoring data: Introducing the international human biomonitoring (i-HBM) working group's health-based guidance value (HB2GV) dashboard
Authors: Nakayama, Shoji F 
St-Amand, Annie 
Pollock, Tyler 
Apel, Petra 
Bamai, Yu Ait 
Barr, Dana Boyd 
Bessems, Jos 
Calafat, Antonia M 
Castaño, Argelia 
Covaci, Adrian 
Duca, Radu Corneliu 
Faure, Sarah 
Galea, Karen S. 
Hays, Sean 
Hopf, Nancy B 
Ito, Yuki 
Jeddi, Maryam Zare 
Kolossa-Gehring, Marike 
Kumar, Eva 
LaKind, Judy S 
López, Marta Esteban 
Louro, Henriqueta 
Macey, Kristin 
Makris, Konstantinos C. 
Melnyk, Lisa 
Murawski, Aline 
Naiman, Josh 
Nassif, Julianne 
Noisel, Nolwenn 
Poddalgoda, Devika 
Quirós-Alcalá, Lesliam 
Rafiee, Ata 
Rambaud, Loïc 
Silva, Maria João 
Ueyama, Jun 
Verner, Marc-Andre 
Waras, Maisarah Nasution 
Werry, Kate 
Major Field of Science: Medical and Health Sciences
Field Category: Health Sciences
Keywords: Biomonitoring;Biomonitoring equivalents;Guidance values;International society of exposure science;Reference values
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2023
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2023, vol. 247
Volume: 247
Abstract: Human biomonitoring (HBM) data measured in specific contexts or populations provide information for comparing population exposures. There are numerous health-based biomonitoring guidance values, but to locate these values, interested parties need to seek them out individually from publications, governmental reports, websites and other sources. Until now, there has been no central, international repository for this information. Thus, a tool is needed to help researchers, public health professionals, risk assessors, and regulatory decision makers to quickly locate relevant values on numerous environmental chemicals. A free, on-line repository for international health-based guidance values to facilitate the interpretation of HBM data is now available. The repository is referred to as the "Human Biomonitoring Health-Based Guidance Value (HB2GV) Dashboard". The Dashboard represents the efforts of the International Human Biomonitoring Working Group (i-HBM), affiliated with the International Society of Exposure Science. The i-HBM's mission is to promote the use of population-level HBM data to inform public health decision-making by developing harmonized resources to facilitate the interpretation of HBM data in a health-based context. This paper describes the methods used to compile the human biomonitoring health-based guidance values, how the values can be accessed and used, and caveats with using the Dashboard for interpreting HBM data. To our knowledge, the HB2GV Dashboard is the first open-access, curated database of HBM guidance values developed for use in interpreting HBM data. This new resource can assist global HBM data users such as risk assessors, risk managers and biomonitoring programs with a readily available compilation of guidance values.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/29658
ISSN: 14384639
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.114046
Rights: © Elsevier B.V.
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Type: Article
Affiliation : National Institute for Environmental Studies 
Health Canada 
German Environment Agency 
Hokkaido University 
Rollins School of Public Health 
Instituto de Salud Carlos III 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States 
University of Antwerp 
Laboratoire national de santé 
Institute of Occupational Medicine 
Summit Toxicology LLP 
Center for Primary Care and Public Health 
Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences 
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) 
Finish Institute for Health and Welfare 
LaKind Associates 
University of Maryland School of Medicine 
National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge 
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch 
Cyprus University of Technology 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
LaKind Associates 
Association of Public Health Laboratories 
Université de Montréal, -Ville 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
University of Alberta 
Santé Publique France 
National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge 
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine 
Universiti Sains Malaysia 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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