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Table 1 . Characteristics of the included original studies .
Author ( year )
Country
Data collection period
Study design
Sample size
( response rate )
Survey methods
Data items
Funding and competing
interests
Leitgeb et al . ( 2005 )
Austria
February 2003
Cross-sectional n = 196 ( 49 %)
Self-administered
questionnaire
( 14 items )
Huss & Röösli ( 2006 )
Switzerland May � June 2005
Cross-sectional n = 342 ( 28.2 %)
Computer-assisted telephone
interviews
Berg-Beckhoff et al . ( 2009 ) Germany
March � May 2008
Cross-sectional Short questionnaire :
n = 456 ( 49.1 %),
Long questionnaire :
n = 435 ( 23.3 %)
Self-administered questionnaire with short version ( 1 page ) and long version ( 4 pages )
Berg-Beckhoff et al . ( 2010 )
Kowall et al . ( 2010 )
Berg-Beckhoff et al . ( 2014 )
Kowall et al . ( 2015 )
Lambrozo et al . ( 2013 )
France
September � October 2010
Cross-sectional n = 600
Self-administered
questionnaire
( 24 items )
Slottje et al . ( 2017 ) The Netherlands
October 2013 � January 2014 Cross-sectional n = 2398 ( 29 %) Self-administered questionnaire
Risk perception , relevance in practice / frequency of EMFrelated consultations , information needs Risk perception , relevance in practice / frequency of EMFrelated consultations , information needs Level of knowledge , risk perception , relevance in practice / frequency of EMFrelated consultations , information needs
Level of knowledge , relevance in practice / frequency of EMF-related consultations , information needs Risk perception , relevance in practice / frequency of EMFrelated consultations , information needs
Funding : not provided Competing interests : not provided
Funding : Federal Office of Public Health Competing interests : none declared Funding : Federal Office for Radiation Protection Competing interests : none declared
Funding : Service des études médicales d ’ EDF Competing interests : none declared
Funding : Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development ( ZonMW ) Competing interests : not provided