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Keywords
Abstract	Background: Biomonitoring studies can provide information about individual and population-wide exposure. However they must be designed in a way that protects the rights and welfare of participants. This descriptive qualitative study was conducted as a follow-up to a breastmilk biomonitoring study. The primary objectives were to assess participants' experiences in the study, including the report-back of individual body burden results, and to determine if participation in the study negatively affected breastfeeding rates or duration. Methods: Participants of the Greater Boston PBDE Breastmilk Biomonitoring Study were contacted and asked about their experiences in the study: the impact of study recruitment materials on attitudes towards breastfeeding; if participants had wanted individual biomonitoring results; if the protocol by which individual results were distributed met participants' needs; and the impact of individual results on attitudes towards breastfeeding. Results: No participants reported reducing the duration of breastfeeding because of the biomonitoring study, but some responses suggested that breastmilk biomonitoring studies have the potential to raise anxieties about breastfeeding. Almost all participants wished to obtain individual results. Although several reported some concern about individual body burden, none reported reducing the duration of breastfeeding because of biomonitoring results. The study literature and report-back method were found to mitigate potential negative impacts. Conclusion: Biomonitoring study design, including clear communication about the benefits of breastfeeding and the manner in which individual results are distributed, can prevent negative impacts of biomonitoring on breastfeeding. Adoption of more specific standards for biomonitoring studies and continued study of risk communication issues related to biomonitoring will help protect participants from harm
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Name	Affiliation	Home page	e-mail	Total pubs
Aschengrau A	Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA		aaschen@bu.edu	11
Brown P	Department of Sociology, Brown University, Box 1916, Providence, RI 02912, USA		Brown@brown.edu	3
Mc-Clean MD	Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA		mmcclean@bu.edu	1
Webster TF	Dept. of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA		twebster@bu.edu	7
Wu N	Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA		nerissa.wu@cdph.ca.gov	2