Methods to study everyday use of products in households: The Wageningen Mouthing Study as an example.
Several methods exist to study human behaviour in everyday life: e.g. an oral or written interview, measurement of physical variables and observation. All of them have their advantages and disadvantages, which are described in this paper. When a clear picture of actual human behaviour and information about an entire activity are required, for example to assess risks of exposure to chemical substances, it is best to use a combination of available methods. In this way the advantages of all methods can be combined. This was done in the Wageningen mouthing study of which some results are presented.
Steenbekkers
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Wageningen University, Subdepartment of Consumer Technology and Product Use, P.O. Box 8060, 6700 DA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. bea.steenbekkers@tech.hhs.wau.nl
D000284:Administration, Oral; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006795:Household Products; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011634:Public Health