Interpreting biomarker data from the COPHES/DEMOCOPHES twin projects: Using external exposure data to understand biomarker differences among countries

Environmental Research

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-95

  Smolders, R ^a   Den Hond, E ^a   Koppen, G ^a   Govarts, E ^a   Willems, H ^a   Casteleyn, L ^b   Kolossa Gehring, M ^c   Fiddicke, U ^c   Castano A ^d   Koch, H M ^e   Angerer, J ^e   Esteban, M ^d   Sepai, O ^f   Exley, K ^f   Bloemen, L ^b   Horvat, M ^g   Knudsen, L E ^h   Joas, A ^b   Joas, R ^b   Biot, P ⁱ   Aerts, D ⁱ   Katsonouri, A ^j   Hadjipanayis, A ^j   Cerna, M ^k   Krskova, A ^k   Schwedler, G ^c   Seiwert, M ^c   Nielsen, J K S ^h   Rudnai, P ^l   Kozepesy S ^l   Evans, D S ^m   Ryan, M P ⁿ   Gutleb, A C ^o   Fischer, M E ^b   Ligocka, D ^p   Jakubowski, M ^p   Reis, M F ^q   Namorado, S ^q   Lupsa, I R ^r   Gurzau, A E ^r   Halzlova, K ^b   Fabianova, E ^b   Mazej, D ^g   Tratnik Snoj, J ^g   Gomez, S ^d   Gonzalez S ^d   Berglund, M ^s   Larsson, K ^s   Lehmann, A ^t   Crettaz, P ^t   Schoeters, G ^a,u,v   more..

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN ^*  (Slovakia)

^c Federal Environment Agency (UBA)   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ Federal Public Service Health Food Chain Safety and Environment   (Belgium)

^j Ministry of Health   (Cyprus)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^m HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^o LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^p NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^q INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^r Environmental Health Center   (Romania)

^s KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^t Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)   (Switzerland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

COPHES; DEMOCOPHES; External exposure data; Human biomonitoring; Interpretation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COTININE; DRINKING WATER; MERCURY; PHTHALIC ACID; SOIL WATER; SURFACE WATER; POLLUTANT;

ALKALOID; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METABOLITE; PHTHALATE; POLICY MAKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MANAGEMENT; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAIR; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEA FOOD; SMOKING; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; URINE;

EUROPE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CHILD; COTININE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEAFOOD; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84939465862     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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