Integrating human biomonitoring exposure data into a primary care morbidity database: a feasibility study

In collaboration with the Department of Health of the Flemish government, VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research), and PIH (Provincial Institute for Hygiene), Intego is investigating the health effects of environmental pollutants. For example, there is currently a study on PFAS. Residents of Zwijndrecht who participated in the "human biomonitoring" study in the region in 2021 were given the option to send their PFAS blood results to their general practitioner. If you participated in this study and gave permission to send the data to your general practitioner, and your general practice is connected to our Intego network, we can use your PFAS results to investigate whether high PFAS concentrations are linked to certain conditions (such as elevated liver values, cardiovascular problems, cholesterol, etc.). We do not have access to your personal medical records: the data we use cannot be traced back to a specific person. Therefore, there is no risk that your personal PFAS results or medical data will be disclosed. You can obtain information about this project by sending an email to Pieter Jansen at this address: pieter.jansen@kuleuven.be. As always, you can choose not to have your data used for Intego. You can contact your general practitioner for this.

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Human biomonitoring data (PFAS concentrations). These data are part of Intego and therefore, in principle, not a separate linked dataset.