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Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL)
CREAL, Barcelona, Spain, is a public research centre with a staff of around 120 persons in 6 research programs covering a wide range of environmental exposures (water, radiation and air pollution) and health effects (childhood health, cancer and respiratory diseases). Established in December 2005, CREAL has become an internationally known research centre in environmental epidemiology and among the largest groups in this field. CREAL was recently classified among the top research centres in Spain.
Role in the project
CREAL has responsibility for coordinating the External Exposure Assessment subproject that includes WP3 (Air) and WP4 (Water). In addition CREAL contributes to WP1, WP2, WP9 and WP10.
Key persons to be involved
| Name | Expertise | Role in the project |
| Professor Manolis Kogevinas | Occupational and environmental epidemiology Mother-child cohorts Cancer cohorts |
WP1, WP2, WP4, WP9 |
| Dr Cristina Villanueva | Epidemiologist on drinking water contaminants and research on DBPs and cancer |
WP4, WP9 |
| Professor Mark Nieuwenhuijsen | Environmental exposure assessment, epidemiology, and health risk impact assessment |
WP1, WP3, WP4, WP9 |
| Dr Juan Ramon González | Statistical analysis, genetics |
WP2 |
| Ms Gisela Sanmartín | Communications responsible | WP10 |
