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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Enhancing Human Biomonitoring Studies through Linkage to Administrative Registers-Status in Europe.

Helle Margrete Meltzer, Tina Kold Jensen, Ondřej Májek, Hanns Moshammer, Maria Wennberg, Agneta Åkesson, Hanna Tolonen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Helle Margrete MeltzerDivision of Climate and Environment, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 0213 Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-3591-7017
Tina Kold JensenDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Environmental Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
Ondřej MájekInstitute of Health and Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, 12801 Prague, Czech Republic.
Hanns MoshammerDepartment of Environmental Health, Center for Public Health, Medical University Vienna, 1090 Wien, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2235-0645
Maria WennbergSection of Sustainable Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden.
Agneta ÅkessonInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
Hanna TolonenDepartment of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, 00300 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-3121-4303

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Record linkage of human biomonitoring (HBM) survey data with administrative register data can be used to enhance available datasets and complement the possible shortcomings of both data sources. Through record linkage, valuable information on medical history (diagnosed diseases, medication use, etc.) and follow-up information on health and vital status for established cohorts can be obtained. In this study, we investigated the availability of health registers in different EU Member States and EEA countries and assessed whether they could be linked to HBM studies. We found that the availability of administrative health registers varied substantially between European countries as well as the availability of unique personal identifiers that would facilitate record linkage. General protocols for record linkage were similar in all countries with ethical and data protections approval, informed consent, approval by administrative register owner, and linkage conducted by the register owner. Record linkage enabled cross-sectional survey data to be used as cohort study data with available follow-up and health endpoints. This can be used for extensive exposure-health effect association analysis. Our study showed that this is possible for many, but not all European countries.

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Biological MonitoringEnvironmental MonitoringCohort StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesEuropeHumansMedical Record Linkageadministrative registersbiomonitoringchemicalsHBM4EUhealthhealth registers

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PMID35565076
PMCPMC9103287

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