Communication in a Human biomonitoring study: Focus group work, public engagement and lessons learnt in 17 European countries

Environmental Research

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-41

  Exley, Karen ^a   Cano, Noemi ^b   Aerts, Dominique ^b   Biot, Pierre ^b   Casteleyn, Ludwine ^c   Kolossa Gehring, Marike ^d   Schwedler, Gerda ^d   Castaño, Argelia ^e   Angerer, Jürgen ^f   Koch, Holger M ^f   Esteban, Marta ^e   Schoeters, Greet ^g,h   Den Hond, Elly ^g   Horvat, Milena ⁱ   Bloemen, Louis ^j   Knudsen, Lisbeth E ^k   Joas, Reinhard ^b   Joas, Anke ^b   Dewolf, Marie Christine ^b   Van de Mieroop, Els ^b   Katsonouri, Andromachi ^l   Hadjipanayis, Adamos ^l   Cerna, Milena ^m   Krskova, Andrea ^m   Becker, Kerstin ^d   Fiddicke, Ulrike ^d   Seiwert, Margarete ^d   Mørck, Thit A ^k   Rudnai, Peter ⁿ   Kozepesy, Szilvia ⁿ   Cullen, Elizabeth ^o   Kellegher, Anne ^o   Gutleb, Arno C ^p   Fischer, Marc E ^q   Ligocka, Danuta ^r   Kamińska, Joanna ^r   Namorado, Sónia ^s   Fatima Reis M ^s   Lupsa, Ioana Rodica ^t   Gurzau, Anca E ^t   Halzlova, Katarina ^b   Jajcaj, Michal ^b   Mazej, Darja ⁱ   Tratnik, Janja Snoj ⁱ   Huetos, Olga ^e   López, Ana ^e   Berglund, Marika ^u   Larsson, Kristin ^u   Sepai, Ovnair ^a   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Federal Public Service Health Food Chain Safety and Environment ^*  (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^e Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

ⁱ JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^j Environmental Health Science International   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^l Ministry of Health   (Cyprus)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^o HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^p LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^q LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^r NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^s INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^t Cluj Branch   (Romania)

^u KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Communication; Participatory research; Public insight

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CADMIUM; COTININE; MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; GUIDELINE; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHOD; STAKEHOLDER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84939464077     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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