The assessment of the human exposure to the semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) is one of the hotspots in the environmental research field. The traditional methods (such as the blood and urine tests) have the disadvantages of invasiveness, complexity, high cost, and difficulty in collecting samples, among others. Novel passive sampling technologies were developed, which are non-intrusive, simple and convenient, and practicable. This paper reviews the human exposure assessment methods, including the model calculation based on the SVOC concentrations in the environmental matrices (e.g., air or dust), the invasive sampling, and the passive sampling, focusing on the emerging novel passive sampling technologies, including the silicone wristband, the silicone brooch, the hand wipe, and the clothing. Currently, the silicone wristband and brooch and the hand wipe samplings are widely used due to their advantages, such as the low price, the ease to use, the acceptability, and the good stability. The hand wipe can be used to capture the exposures via the hand-to-mouth contact and the dermal absorption. Meanwhile, the clothing is a novel passive sampling technology, which can be used to capture both gaseous and particle SVOCs. Therefore, using clothing to assess the human exposure has a good promise in its development and application.

human exposure  /  passive sampling  /  silicone wristband  /  clothing  /  SVOCs