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<title>Preliminary Results: Urinary Biomarkers of Response in Adults and Children from the San Joaquin Valley</title>
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<div class="bold field-label-above">Document Date:</div>
<time datetime="2024-11-07T12:00:00Z">Thursday, November 7, 2024</time><div class="bold field-label-above">Document Keywords</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-california" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-component-san-joaquin-valley-pollution-and-health-environmental" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring component of the San Joaquin Valley Pollution and Health Environmental Research Study (BiomSPHERE)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/san-joaquin-valley-pollution-and-health-environmental-research-study-sphere" hreflang="en">San Joaquin Valley Pollution and Health Environmental Research Study (SPHERE)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomarkers-response" hreflang="und">biomarkers of response</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomarkers-effect" hreflang="en">biomarkers of effect</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/air-pollution" hreflang="en">air pollution</a>
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<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-type/presentation" hreflang="en">Presentation</a>
<div class="bold field-label-above">Meeting</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/events/biomonitoring-california-scientific-guidance-panel-meeting-november-2024" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, November 2024</a>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Evaluation of Results Return Materials from the BiomSPHERE Study</title>
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<div class="bold field-label-above">Document Date:</div>
<time datetime="2024-11-06T12:00:00Z">Wednesday, November 6, 2024</time><div class="bold field-label-above">Document Keywords</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-california" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-component-san-joaquin-valley-pollution-and-health-environmental" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring component of the San Joaquin Valley Pollution and Health Environmental Research Study (BiomSPHERE)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomsphere" hreflang="en">BiomSPHERE</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/results-return" hreflang="en">results return</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/reporting-results" hreflang="en">reporting results</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/results-communication" hreflang="en">results communication</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/community-engagement" hreflang="en">community engagement</a>
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<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-type/presentation" hreflang="en">Presentation</a>
<div class="bold field-label-above">Meeting</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/events/biomonitoring-california-scientific-guidance-panel-meeting-november-2024" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, November 2024</a>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Program Update - Presentation at July 19, 2024 SGP meeting</title>
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<div class="bold field-label-above">Document Date:</div>
<time datetime="2024-07-17T12:00:00Z">Wednesday, July 17, 2024</time><div class="bold field-label-above">Document Keywords</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-california" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/program-update" hreflang="en">Program update</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/studying-trends-exposures-prenatal-samples-steps" hreflang="und">Studying Trends in Exposures in Prenatal Samples (STEPS)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/california-regional-exposure-care-project" hreflang="en">California Regional Exposure (CARE) Project</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/east-bay-diesel-exposure-project-ebdep" hreflang="en">East Bay Diesel Exposure Project (EBDEP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/stockton-air-pollution-exposure-project-sapep" hreflang="en">Stockton Air Pollution Exposure Project (SAPEP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/asianpacific-islander-community-exposures-ace-project" hreflang="en">Asian/Pacific Islander Community Exposures (ACE) Project</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/filtration-respiratory-exposure-wildfire-smoke-swamp-cooler-air-fressca-mujeres" hreflang="und">Filtration for Respiratory Exposure to Wildfire Smoke from Swamp Cooler Air (FRESSCA) Mujeres project</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-component-san-joaquin-valley-pollution-and-health-environmental" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring component of the San Joaquin Valley Pollution and Health Environmental Research Study (BiomSPHERE)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/laboratory-update" hreflang="en">laboratory update</a>
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<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-type/presentation" hreflang="en">Presentation</a>
<div class="bold field-label-above">Meeting</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/events/biomonitoring-california-scientific-guidance-panel-meeting-july-2024" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, July 2024</a>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 22:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Community Biomonitoring Update - Presentation at the March 2023 Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting</title>
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<div class="bold field-label-above">Document Date:</div>
<time datetime="2023-03-03T12:00:00Z">Friday, March 3, 2023</time><div class="bold field-label-above">Document Keywords</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/california-environmental-contaminant-biomonitoring-program-cecbp" hreflang="en">California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (CECBP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-california" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/ab-617" hreflang="en">AB 617</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/air-pollution" hreflang="en">air pollution</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring" hreflang="en">biomonitoring</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/stockton-air-pollution-exposure-project-sapep" hreflang="en">Stockton Air Pollution Exposure Project (SAPEP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/results-return" hreflang="en">results return</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/national-health-and-nutrition-examination-survey-nhanes" hreflang="und">National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons-pahs" hreflang="en">polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/volatile-organic-compounds-vocs" hreflang="en">volatile organic compounds (VOCs)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/particulate-matter-pm" hreflang="en">particulate matter (PM)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/air-filtration" hreflang="en">air filtration</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/intervention-study" hreflang="en">intervention study</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/children" hreflang="en">children</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/fresno" hreflang="en">Fresno</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/stockton" hreflang="en">Stockton</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/san-joaquin-valley-pollution-and-health-environmental-research-study-sphere" hreflang="en">San Joaquin Valley Pollution and Health Environmental Research Study (SPHERE)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-component-san-joaquin-valley-pollution-and-health-environmental" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring component of the San Joaquin Valley Pollution and Health Environmental Research Study (BiomSPHERE)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/community-biomonitoring-studies" hreflang="en">community biomonitoring studies</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/farmworker-women-s-respiratory-exposure-wildfire-smoke-swamp-cooler-air" hreflang="und">Farmworker women’s Respiratory Exposure to wildfire Smoke from Swamp Cooler Air</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/fressca-mujeres" hreflang="und">FRESSCA-Mujeres</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/kern-county" hreflang="und">Kern County</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/kings-county" hreflang="und">Kings County</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/coalinga" hreflang="und">Coalinga</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/huron" hreflang="und">Huron</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/avenal" hreflang="und">Avenal</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/kettleman-city" hreflang="und">Kettleman City</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/arvin" hreflang="und">Arvin</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/lamont" hreflang="und">Lamont</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/metals" hreflang="en">metals</a>
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<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-type/presentation" hreflang="en">Presentation</a>
<div class="bold field-label-above">Meeting</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/events/biomonitoring-california-scientific-guidance-panel-meeting-march-2023" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, March 2023</a>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 05:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mike Witherow</dc:creator>
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<title>Transcript of the November 18, 2022 Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting</title>
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<div class="bold field-label-above">Document Date:</div>
<time datetime="2023-01-13T12:00:00Z">Friday, January 13, 2023</time><div class="bold field-label-above">Document Keywords</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/california-environmental-contaminant-biomonitoring-program-cecbp" hreflang="en">California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (CECBP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-california" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/program-update" hreflang="en">Program update</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/lab-update" hreflang="und">lab update</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/california-regional-exposure-care-project" hreflang="en">California Regional Exposure (CARE) Project</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/phenols" hreflang="en">phenols</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/arsenic" hreflang="en">arsenic</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/cdph-genetic-disease-screening-program-gdsp" hreflang="en">CDPH Genetic Disease Screening Program (GDSP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/measuring-analytes-maternal-archived-samples-mamas" hreflang="en">Measuring Analytes in Maternal Archived Samples (MAMAS)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/persistent-organic-pollutants-pops" hreflang="en">Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/perfluoroalkyl-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfass" hreflang="en">Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/studying-trends-exposures-prenatal-samples-steps" hreflang="und">Studying Trends in Exposures in Prenatal Samples (STEPS)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biobank" hreflang="en">Biobank</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/stockton-air-pollution-exposure-project-sapep" hreflang="en">Stockton Air Pollution Exposure Project (SAPEP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-component-san-joaquin-valley-pollution-and-health-environmental" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring component of the San Joaquin Valley Pollution and Health Environmental Research Study (BiomSPHERE)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/filtration-respiratory-exposure-wildfire-smoke-swamp-cooler-air-fressca-mujeres" hreflang="und">Filtration for Respiratory Exposure to Wildfire Smoke from Swamp Cooler Air (FRESSCA) Mujeres project</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/women-agricultural-workers" hreflang="und">women agricultural workers</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/breast-cancer" hreflang="und">breast cancer</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/kern-county" hreflang="und">Kern County</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/fresno-county" hreflang="und">Fresno County</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/public-health-institute-phi" hreflang="und">Public Health Institute (PHI)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/central-california-environmental-justice-network-ccejn" hreflang="und">Central California Environmental Justice Network (CCEJN)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/wildfires" hreflang="und">wildfires</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/swamp-coolers" hreflang="und">swamp coolers</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/residential-evaporative-coolers" hreflang="und">residential evaporative coolers</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/corsi-rosenthal-box-fan-filters" hreflang="und">Corsi-Rosenthal box fan filters</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons-pahs" hreflang="en">polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/volatile-organic-compounds-vocs" hreflang="en">volatile organic compounds (VOCs)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/metals" hreflang="en">metals</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/2023-meetings" hreflang="und">2023 meetings</a>
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<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-type/transcript" hreflang="en">Transcript</a>
<div class="bold field-label-above">Meeting</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/events/biomonitoring-california-scientific-guidance-panel-meeting-november-2022" hreflang="und">Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, November 2022</a>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 05:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Transcript of the July 22, 2022 Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting</title>
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<div class="bold field-label-above">Document Date:</div>
<time datetime="2023-09-30T12:00:00Z">Saturday, September 30, 2023</time><div class="bold field-label-above">Document Keywords</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/program-update" hreflang="en">Program update</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/laboratory-update" hreflang="en">laboratory update</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biobank" hreflang="en">Biobank</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/priority-chemical-list" hreflang="en">Priority Chemical List</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/ab-617" hreflang="en">AB 617</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomsphere" hreflang="en">BiomSPHERE</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/sphere" hreflang="en">SPHERE</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/care-la" hreflang="en">CARE-LA</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/care-2" hreflang="en">CARE-2</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/care-3" hreflang="en">CARE-3</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/california-environmental-contaminant-biomonitoring-program-cecbp" hreflang="en">California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (CECBP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/california-regional-exposure-care-project" hreflang="en">California Regional Exposure (CARE) Project</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/cdph-genetic-disease-screening-program-gdsp" hreflang="en">CDPH Genetic Disease Screening Program (GDSP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/stockton-air-pollution-exposure-project-sapep" hreflang="en">Stockton Air Pollution Exposure Project (SAPEP)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-exposures-study-best" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring Exposures Study (BEST)</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-california" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring California</a>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-keywords/biomonitoring-component-san-joaquin-valley-pollution-and-health-environmental" hreflang="en">Biomonitoring component of the San Joaquin Valley Pollution and Health Environmental Research Study (BiomSPHERE)</a>
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<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/document-type/transcript" hreflang="en">Transcript</a>
<div class="bold field-label-above">Meeting</div>
<a href="https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/events/biomonitoring-california-scientific-guidance-panel-meeting-july-2022" hreflang="und">Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, July 2022</a>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mike Witherow</dc:creator>
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