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. 2023 Mar 4;11(3):241. doi: 10.3390/toxics11030241

Table 1.

Harmonized, aggregated existing HBM studies collected within HBM4EU with phthalate and or DINCH measured in urine.

EU Region Country Data Collection Age Groups with Phthalates Data (Range of) Sampling Years Publications
East Czech Republic CzechHBM-CE Children 2016–2017 [19,20]
Czech Republic DEMOCOPHES-CZ Children, adults 2011–2012 [21]
Czech Republic CzechHBM-AE Adults 2018–2019 [22]
Hungary DEMOCOPHES-HU Children, adults 2011–2012 [21]
Poland DEMOCOPHES-PL Children, adults 2011–2012 [17]
Slovakia PCBcohort Children, teenagers 2014–2017 [23]
Slovakia Children cohort Children 2015–2016 -
Slovakia DEMOCOPHES-SK Children, adults 2011–2012 [21]
South Spain DEMOCOPHES-ES Children, adults 2011–2012 [24]
Slovenia DEMOCOPHES-SI Children, adults 2011–2012 [25]
North Denmark DEMOCOPHES-DK Children, adults 2011 [17,26]
Denmark CPH-MC Children 2006 [27]
Denmark CPHPUB-Cross Children, teenagers 2006–2008 [28]
Denmark DYMS Teenagers, adults 2007–2017 [29,30]
Norway IES Children, adults 2012 [31]
Sweden DEMOCOPHES-SE Children, adults 2011–2012 [32]
West Austria PBAT Children, teenagers, adults, elderly 2010–2012 [33]
Austria IC-HBM Children, adults 2009 [34]
Belgium DEMOCOPHES-BE Children, adults 2011–2012 [35,36]
Belgium FLEHS2RefAdo Teenagers 2008–2009 [37]
Belgium FLEHS2RefAdult Adults 2008–2009 [38]
Belgium FLEHS3RefAdo Teenagers 2013 [39]
Germany GerES IV (unweighted) Children, teenagers 2003–2006 [7]
Germany GerES V (unweighted) Children, teenagers 2015–2017 [40]
Germany DEMOCOPHES-DE Children, adults 2011 [41]
Germany ESB Adults 2007–2019 [42,43]
Luxemburg DEMOCOPHES-LU Children, adults 2011–2012 [35]
Other Israel IBS Adults, elderly 2011 [44]

Notes. Data collections: CPH-MC—COPENHAGEN Mother Child Cohort, CPHPUB-Cross—COPENHAGEN Puberty Study, DYMS—Danish Young Men Study, IES—Indoor Environment Study, PBAT—HBM of phthalates and BPA in the Austrian general population, IC_HBM—HBM of industrial chemicals, FLEHS—FLemish Environment and Health Study, GerES—German Environmental Survey, ESB—Environmental Specimen Bank, IBS—Israel Biomonitoring Study. Metadata can be found in IPCHEM (https://ipchem.jrc.ec.europa.eu/#showmetadata/HBM4EUAGGREGATED, accessed on 20 December 2022).