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2015
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A pilot study on the feasibility of European harmonized Human Biomonitoring: Strategies towards a common approach, challenges and opportunities

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Environmental Research
(2015), [online article]

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Human-Biomonitoring, Ethik

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CASTELEYN, Ludwine, Birgit DUMEZ, Kerstin BECKER, Elly DEN HOND, Greet SCHOETERS, Argelia CASTAÑO, Holger Martin KOCH, Jürgen ANGERER, Marta ESTEBAN, Karen EXLEY, Ovnair SEPAI, Louis BLOEMEN, Ulrike FIDDICKE, Milena HORVATH, Lisbeth E. KNUDSEN, Anke JOAS, Reinhard JOAS, Pierre BIOT, C. KOPPEN, M.-C. DEWOLF, Andromachi KATSONOURI, Adamos HADJIPANAYIS, Milena CERNA, A. KRSKOVA, Marike KOLOSSA-GEHRING, Jeanette K.S. NIELSEN, J.F. JENSEN, Peter RUDNAI, S. KÖZEPESY, M.F.R. MULCAHY, R. MANNION, Arno C. GUTLEB, M.E. FISCHER, Danuta LIGOCKA, M. JAKUBOWSKI, M.Fátima REIS, S. NAMORADO, Ioana-Rodica LUPSA, Gerda SCHWEDLER und Anca Elena GURZAU, 2015. A pilot study on the feasibility of European harmonized Human Biomonitoring: Strategies towards a common approach, challenges and opportunities. Environmental Research [online]. 2015. Bd. (2015), [online article]. DOI 10.60810/openumwelt-231. Verfügbar unter: https://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/8293
Abstract english
In 2004theEuropeanCommissionandMemberStatesinitiatedactivitiestowardsaharmonizedap-
proach forHumanBiomonitoringsurveysthroughoutEurope.Themainobjectivewastosustainen-
vironmental healthpolicybybuildingacoherentandsustainableframeworkandbyincreasingthe
comparability ofdataacrosscountries.Apilotstudy totestcommonguidelinesforsettingupsurveys
wasconsideredakeystepinthisprocess.Throughabottom-upapproachthatincludedallstakeholders,
a jointstudyprotocolwaselaborated.
FromSeptember2011tillFebruary2012,17Europeancountriescollecteddatafrom1844mother-
child pairsintheframeofDEMOnstrationofastudytoCoordinateandPerformHumanBiomonitoring
on aEuropeanScale(DEMOCOPHES). Mercury inhairandurinarycadmiumandcotininewereselected
as biomarkersofexposurecoveredbysufficient analyticalexperience.PhthalatemetabolitesandBi-
sphenol Ainurinewereaddedtotakeintoaccountincreasingpublicandpoliticalawarenessfor
emerging typesofcontaminantsandtotestlessadvancedmarkers/markerscoveredbylessanalytical
experience.Extensiveeffortstowardschemo-analyticalcomparabilitywereincluded.
The pilotstudyshowed thatcommonapproachescanbefoundinacontextofconsiderablediffer-
ences withrespecttoexperienceandexpertize,socio-culturalbackground,economicsituationandna-
tional priorities.ItalsoevidencedthatcomparableHumanBiomonitoringresultscanbeobtainedinsuch
context.AEuropeannetworkwasbuilt,exchanging information,expertise andexperiences,andpro-
viding trainingonallaspectsofasurvey.Akeychallengewas finding therightbalancebetweenarigid
structure allowingmaximalcomparabilityanda flexibleapproachincreasingfeasibilityandcapacity
building. NextstepsinEuropeanharmonizationinHumanBiomonitoringsurveysincludetheestab-
lishment ofajointprocessforprioritizationofsubstancestocoverandbiomarkerstodevelop,linking
biomonitoring surveyswithhealthexaminationsurveysandwithresearch,andcopingwiththediverse
implementations ofEUregulationsandinternationalguidelineswithrespecttoethicsandprivacy.
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