| 1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION |
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Cohort name
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Chemical Exposure and respiratory health among female heairdressers in Palestine
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Country
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Please provide any other information on the cohort location/s if needed
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West Bank - Hebron City
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Name
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Maysaa Nemer
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Institution
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Birzeit University
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Email
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mnemer@birzeit.edu
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Phone
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+970592340136
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Personal website
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http://icph.birzeit.edu/about/faculty-staff/maysa-nemer
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Name of committee
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Regional Committee for Research Ethics, Oslo, Norway (reference: 2012/344/REK).
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Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
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To assess changes in lung function among female hairdressers and exposure to ammonia
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Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
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Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Industry / occupation-based
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Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
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- External study population (includes SMR/SIR studies)
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Enrollment
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Completed
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Age range at entry (main cohort)
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| Minimum |
Maximum |
Mean |
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47 |
28 |
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Men at enrollment
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0
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Women at enrollment
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170
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Children (<18 years) at enrollment
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0
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Men at last follow-up
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0
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Women at last follow-up
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133
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Children (<18 years) at last follow-up
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0
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Participation rate at enrollment (if known)
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85
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| 2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP |
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Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Active (contact with participants)
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Active (contact with participants) (specify)
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- Respiratory health questionnaire, spirometry measurement
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Last follow-up period (provide year)
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2013
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Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
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1
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Participation at last follow-up (if known)
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85
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| 3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES |
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Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
- Environmental samples
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Occupational history/time frame
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Current, at enrollment
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Occupational coding performed
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No
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Types of exposure measurements
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- Personal external sampling
- Workplace sampling
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Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Measurements (external sampling, biomarkers)
- Self-report
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Main categories
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Other chemicals | Other
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Other chemicals | Other | Specify: Other
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Ammonia
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| 4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED |
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Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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- Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs (specify)
- Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
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Specify: Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs
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Spirometry
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Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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- Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs (specify)
- Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
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Specify: Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs
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Spirometry
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Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
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Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
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J Respiratory disease
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- Chronic Bronchitis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Asthma
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| 5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS |
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Biological samples collected
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