Lessons learnt on recruitment and fieldwork from a pilot European human biomonitoring survey

Environmental Research

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-23

  Fiddicke, Ulrike ^a   Becker, Kerstin ^a   Schwedler, Gerda ^a   Seiwert, Margarete ^a   Joas, Reinhard ^b   Joas, Anke ^b   Biot, Pierre ^c   Aerts, Dominique ^c   Casteleyn, Ludwine ^d   Dumez, Birgit ^d   Castaño, Argelia ^e   Esteban, Marta ^e   Angerer, Jürgen ^f   Koch, Holger M ^f   Schoeters, Greet ^g,h,ab   Hond, Elly Den ^h   Sepai, Ovnair ⁱ   Exley, Karen ⁱ   Knudsen, Lisbeth E ^j   Horvat, Milena ^k   Bloemen, Louis ^l   Katsonouri, Andromachi ^m   Hadjipanayis, Adamos ⁿ   Cerna, Milena ^o,p   Krsková, Andrea ^o   Jensen, Janne Fangel ^j   Nielsen, Jeanette K S ^j   Rudnai, Peter ^q   Közepésy, Szilvia ^q   Gutleb, Arno C ^r   Fischer, Marc E ^s   Ligocka, Danuta ^t   Kamińska, Joanna ^t   Reis, M Fátima ^u   Namorado, Sónia ^u   Lupsa, Ioana Rodica ^v   Gurzau, Anca E ^v   Halzlová, Katarína ^w   Mazej, Darja ^k   Tratnik, Janja Snoj ^k   Rivas, Teresa C ^e   Gómez, Silvia ^e   Berglund, Marika ^x   Larsson, Kristin ^x   Lehmann, Andrea ^y   Crettaz, Pierre ^y   Dewolf, Marie Christine ^z   Burns, Damien ^aa   Kellegher, Anne ^aa   Kolossa Gehring, Marike ^a   more..

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b BiPRO GmbH   (Germany)

^c Federal Public Service Health   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^h FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^l Environmental Health Science International   (Netherlands)

^m State General Laboratory of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

ⁿ Larnaca General Hospital   (Cyprus)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^p CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^r LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^s LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^t NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^u INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^v Environmental Health Centre   (Romania)

^w Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^x KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^y FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^z Hainaut Vigilance Sanitaire   (Belgium)

^aa HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

DEMO COPHES; Fieldwork; Human biomonitoring; Lessons learned; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIOMONITORING; FIELDWORK; GUIDELINE; HAIR; HEALTH SERVICES; INSTRUMENTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE NETWORK; URINE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; FIELD WORK; HAIR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINALYSIS; WINTER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS;

EUROPE;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84939562130     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.039     Document Type: Article

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