Reverse dosimetry: Interpreting trihalomethanes biomonitoring data using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling

Tan, YM; Liao, KH; Clewell, HJ III

HERO ID

657802

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2007

Language

English

PMID

17108893

HERO ID 657802
In Press No
Year 2007
Title Reverse dosimetry: Interpreting trihalomethanes biomonitoring data using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling
Authors Tan, YM; Liao, KH; Clewell, HJ III
Journal Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
Volume 17
Issue 7
Page Numbers 591-603
Abstract Biomonitoring data provide evidence of exposure of environmental chemicals but are not, by themselves, direct measures of exposure. To use biomonitoring data in understanding exposure, physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling can be used in a reverse dosimetry approach to assess a distribution of exposures possibly associated with specific blood or urine levels of compounds. Reverse dosimetry integrates PBPK modeling with exposure pattern characterization, Monte Carlo analysis, and statistical tools to estimate a distribution of exposures that are consistent with biomonitoring data in a population. The present study used an existing PBPK model for chloroform as a generic framework to develop PBPK models for other trihalomethanes (THMs). Using Monte Carlo sampling techniques, probabilistic information about pharmacokinetics and exposure patterns was included to estimate distributions of THMs concentrations in blood in relation to various exposure patterns in a diverse population. In addition, the possibility of inhibition of hepatic metabolism among THMs was evaluated under the scenarios of household exposure. These studies demonstrated how PBPK modeling can be used as a tool to estimate a population distribution of exposures that could have resulted in particular biomonitoring results. When toxicity level is known, this tool can also be used to estimate proportion of population above levels associated with health risk.
Doi 10.1038/sj.jes.7500540
Pmid 17108893
Wosid WOS:000250966400001
Url https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-36248961660&doi=10.1038%2fsj.jes.7500540&partnerID=40&md5=9184bc4f5a0b124e536e44dbd7982fb4
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Keyword PBPK modeling; reverse dosimetry; biomonitoring; trihalomethanes; household exposure; risk assessment
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