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2524 adults aged between 25 and 69 years collected from 100 sampling locations (response rate: 63.1 %) and 453 children 6 to 14 years of age.
1763 adults aged between 18 and 79 years collected from 50 sampling locations (response rate: 69.0 %) and 359 children and adolescents aged between 6 to 17 years (238 children 6 to 14 years of age)
Selection of adults: two stage sampling design with regard to community size, age, and gender.
Selection of children: children who lived in the households of the adult.
| Whole blood: | cadmium, copper, lead, mercury; FEP (children) |
| Morning urine: | arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, nicotine, Cotinine, creatinine; pentachlorophenol (subsample, N=1294 adults, N=695 children), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH, subsample, N=150 adults, N=668 children) |
| Scalp hair: | aluminium, barium, boron, cadmium, calcium, chromium, copper, lead, magnesium, phosphorus, platinum, strontium, thallium, zinc; nicotine, Cotinine (subsample, N=1317 adults, N=255 children) caesium, palladium uranium, vanadium (subsample of GerES IIb, N=632 adults, N=131 children) |
| 24h Duplicates: | aluminium, arsenic, lead, cadmium, calcium, chromium, iron, copper, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, nickel, mercury, selenium, zinc, nitrate, nitrite (subsample of GerES IIa, N=318 adults) |
| Passive sampler: | volatile organic compounds (VOC) (subsample of GerES IIa, N=502) |
| Tap
water: ("first draw" and "flush" sample) |
cadmium, calcium, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, sodium, zinc |
| House Dust | |
| Dust deposit | arsenic, boron, cadmium, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc |
| Content of vacuum cleaner bag | arsenic, cadmium, calcium, chromium, lead, copper,
magnesium, manganese, sodium, phosphorus, potassium, strontium,
zinc; lindane, pentachlorophenol (subsample, N=861); pyrethroides, PBO (subsample, N=1215) |
| Indoor air: | formaldehyde (subsample of GerES IIa, N=502) |
| Water works sample: | aluminium, antimony, barium, beryllium, boron, cadmium, calcium, caesium, chromium, cobalt, iron, potassium, copper, lead lithium, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, phosphorus, rubidium, silver, sodium, strontium, zinc; nitrate, sulphate, chloride; aromatic and chlorinated hydrocarbons; pesticides (subsample of GerES IIb, N=803 adults, N=198 children) |
| Dustfall outdoors: | aluminium, arsenic, barium, cadmium, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, strontium, zinc |