Policy interpretation of human biomonitoring research results in Belgium: Priorities and complexity, politics and science

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-129

  Keune, Hans ^a   Morrens, Bert ^a   Springael, Johan ^a   Koppen, Gudrun ^b   Colles, Ann ^b   Loots, Ilse ^a   Van Campenhout, Karen ^c   Chovanova, Hana ^d   Bilau, Maaike ^e   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^f   Nelen, Vera ^g   Baeyens, Willy ^h   Van Larebeke, Nik ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c Flemish Government Environment Nature and Energy Department   (Belgium)

^d Flemish Agency for Care and Health   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g Provincial Institute of Hygiene   (Belgium)

^h FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action plan; Expert consultation; Human biomonitoring; Multi criterion analysis; Policy relevant research; Stakeholder jury

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIOMONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; STAKEHOLDER;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67549101073     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.500     Document Type: Article

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