title: Environmental specimen banking in Germany--present state and further challenges.
abstract: The program of the German Environmental Specimen Bank has been expanded recently and its current status is briefly described. Selected results which have been obtained during the long term permanent operation of this project since 1985 are presented. Moreover, further aspects of environmental data evaluation and assessment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physical Chemistry, Research Center of Jülich, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Emons
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Schladot
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schwuger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000639:trends*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006077:Government Agencies; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants