Biomonitoring Equivalents (BEs) were calculated for molybdenum in plasma, whole blood, and urine.
The BE associated with the IOM EAR values in plasma, whole blood and urine are 0.5, 0.45 and 22 μg/L, respectively.
The BEs associated with toxicity range from 0.9 to 31 μg/L in plasma, 0.8–28 μg/L in whole blood and 200–7500 μg/L in urine.
These values can be used to interpret molybdenum biomonitoring data from a nutritional and toxicity perspective.