Perspectives on Biological Monitoring in Environmental Health Research: A Focus Group Study in a Native American Community.

Reliance on natural resources brings Native American communities into frequent contact with environmental media, which, if contaminated, represents an exposure route for environmental pollutants. Native American communities vary in their perspectives on research and relatively little is known about the range of perspectives regarding the use of biological samples for environmental exposure assessment. Thirty-one members of Zuni Pueblo (median age = 40.