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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2020 Nov 23;146:106252. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106252

Table 3.

Environmental chemicals at the baseline of China National Human Biomonitoring.

Environmental chemicals Compounds
Biosample collection Fasting blood (serum, hemocytes, blood clotting): 4 mL for subjects aged 3–5 years; 12 mL for subjects aged 6–11 years; and 16 mL for subjects aged 12–79 years.
Random urine samples: 50 mL for subjects aged 3–11 years; 80 mL for subjects aged 12–79 years; 12 and over for 80 mL; and 3–11 years for 50 mL
Inorganic chemicals (13 compounds) Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium(Cr), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Manganese (Mn), Cobalt (Co), Nickle (Ni), Selenium (Se), Molybdenum (Mo), Stannum (Sn), Stibium (Sb), Thallium(Tl)
Poly- and per-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) (17 compounds) perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA), perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA), perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA), perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA), perfluorododecanoate acid (PFDoDA), perfluorotridecanoate acid (PFTriDA), perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA), perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS), perfluoroheptanesulfonate (PFHpS), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), 4:2 Chlorinated Polyfluorinated Ether Sulfonate (4:2Cl-PFESA), 6:2 Chlorinated Polyfluorinated Ether Sulfonate (6:2 CI-PFESA), 8:2 Chlorinated Polyfluorinated Ether Sulfonate (8:2Cl-PFESA)
Phthalate alternative metabolites in urine: (11 compounds) Mono-methyl phthalate (MMP), Mono-ethyl phthalate (MEP), Mono-iso-butyl phthalate (MiBP), Mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP), Mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP), Mono-2-ethylhexyl, phthalate (MEHP), Mono-cyclohexyl phthalate (MCHP), Mono-n-octyl phthalate (MOP), Mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate (MEOHP), Mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP), Mono-isononyl phthalate (MiNP), Mono-isodecyl phthalate (MiDP)
Metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) in urine: (9 compounds) 1-hydroxynaphthalene, 2-hydroxynaphtha-lene, 2-hydroxyfluorene, 3-hydroxyfluorene, 1-hydroxyphenanthrene, 2-hydroxyphenan-threne, 1-hydroxypyrene, 3-hydroxychrysene, 6-hydroxychrysene
Environmental phenol alternative in urine: (4 compounds) Bisphenol A, bisphenol F, Tetrachlorobisphenol A, Tetrabromobisphenol A
Benzene metabolites in urine (2 compounds) Trans, trans-muconic acid(t, t-MA), N-Acetyl-S-(phenyl)-L-cysteine