Description: Introduction: The German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents (GerES V) conducted by the German Environment Agency is the fifth nationwide study that aims to generate sound data on the internal and external exposure of children and adolescents to environmental stressors at home and in their residential environment in Germany. Methods: GerES V is conducted in cooperation with Wave 2 of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS W2) of the Robert Koch Institute. It aims to include approx. 2,500 children and adolescents ages 3 to 17 years from 167 representative locations in Germany. GerES V started in 2014; data collection will end in 2017. The main element of the study program is human biomonitoring (HBM). Additional priorities are indoor air pollution, pollutants in house dust, tap water quality, noise exposure, residential environment, environmental justice, and environmental burden of disease. During home visits urine, water, dust and air samples are collected and ambient measurements are conducted. Interviews of the children and their parents focus on the residential environment, behaviors and health complaints. Blood samples are taken during KiGGS W2. Urine and blood samples are analyzed i. a. for heavy metals, plasticizers, perfluorinated compounds, solvents, and pesticides. Results: In the first study year 933 children participated, the response rate was 74%. 95.3% provided a valid morning urine sample and 77% agreed to blood sampling. So far, 3.6% of the participants exceeded at least one HBM reference value and 0.1% exceeded a health-based HBM value. Conclusion: GerES V demonstrates how HBM studies can be complemented by study modules on exposure factors and ambient monitoring. GerES V data provide further insight into key sources of human exposure and on associations between internal and external exposure of the young generation and their behaviors. Acknowledgements: GerES V is funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety as well as the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. Further information is available at www.uba.de/geres. In: Human Biomonitoring : 2nd International Conference on Human Biomonitoring, Berlin 2016 ; Science and policy for a healthy future ; April 17 - 19, 2016, Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Germany / Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit; Umwelbundesamt. Berlin: 2016, Seite 61-62
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Language: Englisch/English
Issued: 2016-01-01
Time ranges: 2016-01-01 - 2016-01-01
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