Biomarkers in Risk Assessment: Validity and Validation: Environmental Health Criteria Series No. 222

by International Labour Office

This publication seeks to provide a framework for selecting and validating biomarkers for risk assessment. Initial chapters consider the role of biomarkers in risk assessment and their validity. A biomarker is any substance, structure or process that can be measured in the body or its products and influence or predict the incidence of outcome or disease. Biomarkers can be classified into markers of exposure, effect and susceptibility. If biomarkers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9241572221
• ISBN13: 9789241572224
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"