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German Environmental Survey 1990-1992, GerES II

Girl and boy, their parents and grandparents are sitting on a lawn in a park.
Children and adults were involved in the German environmental Survey 1990 to 1992.
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Programme

GerES IIa (West-Germany) 1990/91

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.

GerES IIb (East-Germany) 1991/92

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.

Samples and Parameters

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)

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