NHATS Broad Scan Analysis: Population Estimates from Fiscal Year 1982 Specimens

摘要

The National Human Monitoring Program (NHMP), operated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Toxic Substances (USEPA/OTS) under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), is an ongoing national chemical monitoring program. The main operative program of the NHMP is the National Human Adipose Tissue Survey (NHATS). The NHATS is an annual survey to collect and analyze a nation-wide sample of adipose tissue specimens from autopsied cadavers and surgical patients. The purpose of the NHATS is to identify and quantify the prevalence and levels of selected compounds in human adipose tissue. The analysis results are used to establish an exposure-based chemicals list and to estimate baseline levels and trends of the selected chemicals.