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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Virgolino, Ana author Santos, Osvaldo author Costa, Joana author Fialho, Mónica author Iavicoli, Ivo author Santonen, Tiina author Tolonen, Hanna author Samoli, Evangelia author Katsouyanni, Klea author Baltatzis, Georgios author Ruggieri, Flavia author Abballe, Annalisa author Petrovičová, Ida author Kolena, Branislav author Šidlovská, Miroslava author Ancona, Carla author Eržen, Ivan author Sepai, Ovnair author Castaño, Argelia author Kolossa-Gehring, Marike author Fiddicke, Ulrike author 2021-03-10 The increasing number of human biomonitoring (HBM) studies undertaken in recent decades has brought to light the need to harmonise procedures along all phases of the study, including sampling, data collection and analytical methods to allow data comparability. The first steps towards harmonisation are the identification and collation of HBM methodological information of existing studies and data gaps. Systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses have been traditionally put at the top of the hierarchy of evidence, being increasingly applied to map available evidence on health risks linked to exposure to chemicals. However, these methods mainly capture peer-reviewed articles, failing to comprehensively identify other important, unpublished sources of information that are pivotal to gather a complete map of the produced evidence in the area of HBM. Within the framework of the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) initiative-a project that joins 30 countries, 29 from Europe plus Israel, the European Environment Agency and the European Commission-a comprehensive work of data triangulation has been made to identify existing HBM studies and data gaps across countries within the consortium. The use of documentary analysis together with an up-to-date platform to fulfil this need and its implications for research and practice are discussed. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 10;18(6):2830. 10.3390/ijerph18062830 1660-4601 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 33802154 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/12584 HBM4EU Data triangulation Environmental health Harmonisation procedures Human biomonitoring Challenges to Evidence Synthesis and Identification of Data Gaps in Human Biomonitoring