COPHES-DEMOCOPHES Project - CZ study
The Czech Republic was one of 27 European states participated in the project carried out in 2009−2012. Respondent recruitment, collection of biological material samples and their analysis, questionnaires, statistical analysis of survey data were tested in the study DEMOCOPHES (Demonstration of a study to Coordinate and Perform Human Biomonitoring on a European Scale).
Černá, M., malý, M., Rudnai, P., Középesy, S., Náray, M., Halzlová, K., Jajcaj, M., Grafnetterová, A., Krsková, A, Antošová, D., Forysová, K., DenHondo, E., Schoeters, G., Joas, R., Casteleyn, L., Joas, A., Biot, P., aerts, D., Angerer, J., Bloemen, L., Castaño, A., Esteban, M., Koch, H.M., Kolossa-Gehring, M., Gutleb, A.C., Pavloušková, J., Vrbík, K. Case study: Possible differences in phthalates exposure among the Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak populations identified based on the DEMOCOPHES pilot study results. Environ Res, 2015 Aug;141:118-24. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.025.
Forysová, K., Pinkr-Grafnetterová, A., Malý, M., Krsková, A., Mráz, J., Kašparová, L., Čejchanová, M., Sochorová, L., Rödlová, S., Černá, M.: Urinary Cadmium and Cotinine Levels and Hair Mercury Levels in Czech Children and Their Mothers Within the Framework of the COPHES/DEMOCOPHES Projects. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol, 2017 Oct;73(3):421-430. doi: 10.1007/s00244-017-0412-y.