Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine

Health-related interpretation of human biomonitoring results – new and updated human biomonitoring guidance values from PARC and HBM4EU

During the first three years of the Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC), we derived health-based human biomonitoring guidance values (HBM-GVs) for 11 substances to enable the direct health-related interpretation of human biomonitoring (HBM) results. HBM-...

Comparison of new and recurring post-acute infection syndrome – results from a German population-based cohort

New respiratory infections after or while experiencing post-acute infectious syndromes (PAIS) can lead to resurgence of symptoms. Data comparing symptoms, related impairment, and duration of first and recurring PAIS episodes are lacking. This cross-sectional study was conducted i...

Assessing UV Filter Exposure in Queensland, Australia: Human Biomonitoring Evidence Highlighting Homosalate in Children

Abstract Sunscreens are an important protection measure against harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. However, potential health effects of several commonly used UV filters are currently being discussed. We conducted a human biomonitoring (HBM)-based exposure and risk assessme...