Environmental surveys, specimen bank and health related environmental monitoring in Germany

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-126

  Kolossa Gehring, Marike ^a   Becker, Kerstin ^a   Conrad, André ^a   Schröter Kermani, Christa ^a   Schulz, Christine ^a   Seiwert, Margarete ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

COPHES; DEMOCOPHES; Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB); German Environmental Survey (GerES); Human biomonitoring; Time trends

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; LEAD; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84857359429     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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