Table 3 Priority areas for further research and policy actions as indicated by the experts.
From: Policy relevant results from an expert elicitation on the health risks of phthalates
a) The frequency of the main elements (cause effect chain “groups”). | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Causal box | Source | Envir. matrix | Exposure | Human body | Social |
Frequency | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
b) The three highest ranked (combination of most frequently mentioned and ranking positions) sub-items within each cause-effect chain element, their frequency and rank and their ranking in total. | |||||
Frequency-item | Frequency-group | Ranking-positions | Ranking-total | ||
Exposure | 13 | ||||
Med. device | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | ||
Intrauterine | 3 | 1-2-2 | 1 | ||
Human body | 13 | ||||
Reprod. Tox. | 3 | 1-4-4 | 2 | ||