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Table 5 Main arguments hotspot ranking

From: Opening the research agenda for selection of hot spots for human biomonitoring research in Belgium: a participatory research project

Ranking Hotspots

Main arguments

   1. Industrial zone Genk

Severity of public health risks, need for knowledge for policy and local public support

   2. Shredder Menen

Need for knowledge for policy and local public support

   3. Mortality Dendermonde

Severity of public health effects

 

Need for knowledge about the cause

   4. Chipboard plants

Need for knowledge for policy

   5. Industrial zone Ghent

Severity of public health risks and local public support

 

Complexity of research in this case