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Editorial
. 2022 Jun 10;10(6):314.
doi: 10.3390/toxics10060314.

Environmental Chemicals: Integrative Approach to Human Biomonitoring and Health Effects

Virgínia Cruz Fernandes  1 , Diogo Pestana  2
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Environmental Chemicals: Integrative Approach to Human Biomonitoring and Health Effects

Virgínia Cruz Fernandes et al. Toxics. .

Abstract

In recent decades, citizen awareness of toxic chemicals has been a topic of interest, particularly concerning national and international policy decision makers, expert/scientific platforms, and health protection organizations (WHO, UNEP, CDC, EFSA, IPEN, etc [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that he has no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could influence the work reported in this paper.

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