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Using Saliva to Understand Exposures and Monitor Health
Collecting saliva may be a practical alternative to blood for characterizing a person’s exposures, according to new research from the Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center at the University of California (UC), Berkeley. The researchers found that saliva contains a rich set of molecular information that can be used to construct individual exposure histories and discover risk factors for chronic diseases.
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