Omrane, Fatma
Gargouri, Imed
Khadhraoui, Moncef
Elleuch, Boubaker
Zmirou-Navier, Denis
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sfax University
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (Mobility aid)
Article History
Received: 8 January 2017
Accepted: 20 February 2018
First Online: 5 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: In our situation, we needed company approvals corresponding to the equivalent of study approval. Our study deals with indoor air pollution in companies using heavy metals and its negative health impacts, without any direct contact with the workers. The only procedure we needed “consent to participate” in was the urine sampling. Samples are taken from workers who decide freely whether they want to participate. We seek their approval as to when the sampling will be carried out.We received written informed consent from the study participants. The managers of all the companies approved and signed up to participate in our study.We also received a formal letter from the National Southern Independent Ethics Committee (Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud) under the reference number: CPP Sud 0034/2017. The letter states that our study complies with the ethical rules in our country. The committee reviewed the study and gave us a favorable opinion.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.