IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 2830: Challenges to Evidence Synthesis and Identification of Data Gaps in Human Biomonitoring
IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 2830: Challenges to Evidence Synthesis and Identification of Data Gaps in Human Biomonitoring
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph18062830
Authors:
Ana Virgolino
Osvaldo Santos
Joana Costa
Mónica Fialho
Ivo Iavicoli
Tiina Santonen
Hanna Tolonen
Evangelia Samoli
Klea Katsouyanni
Georgios Baltatzis
Flavia Ruggieri
Annalisa Abballe
Ida Petrovičová
Branislav Kolena
Miroslava Šidlovská
Carla Ancona
Ivan Eržen
Ovnair Sepai
Argelia Castaño
Marike Kolossa-Gehring
Ulrike Fiddicke
The increasing number of human biomonitoring (HBM) studies undertaken in recent decades has brought to light the need to harmonise procedures along all phases of the study, including sampling, data collection and analytical methods to allow data comparability. The first steps towards harmonisation are the identification and collation of HBM methodological information of existing studies and data gaps. Systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses have been traditionally put at the top of the hierarchy of evidence, being increasingly applied to map available evidence on health risks linked to exposure to chemicals. However, these methods mainly capture peer-reviewed articles, failing to comprehensively identify other important, unpublished sources of information that are pivotal to gather a complete map of the produced evidence in the area of HBM. Within the framework of the European...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ana Virgolino Osvaldo Santos Joana Costa M ónica Fialho Ivo Iavicoli Tiina Santonen Hanna Tolonen Evangelia Samoli Klea Katsouyanni Georgios Baltatzis Flavia Ruggieri Annalisa Abballe Ida Petrovi čová Branislav Kolena Miroslava Šidlovská Carla Ancona Tags: Concept Paper Source Type: research