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Daily heart rate characteristics, allergy symptom severity and mood in adults with allergic rhinitis
intercept for individuals. Results: The analyses included 3800 participant-days. A one-point increase in symptom severity was associated with an increase in resting heart rate of 0.07 (0.02 to 0.13) beats per ...
Quality control and correction method for air temperature data from a citizen science weather station network in Leuven, Belgium
method is able to reduce this bias from 0.15 ± 0.56 to 0.00 ± 0.28 K. After evaluation, the QC method is applied to the data of the Leuven.cool network, making it a very suitable dataset to study local ...
Evaluation of the types, efficient use and health risks of application of silver-based biocides to provide antimicrobial properties to face masks applied during the Covid-19 crisis
a more refined risk evaluation. The amount of silver in the four masks that contain Ag0 NP, Ag+ ions, and/or non-nanoparticulate silver exceeded the AEL mask. Per case an in depth risk analysis needs to be ...
A qualitative approach to experiential knowledge identified in focus groups aimed at co-designing a provocation test in the study of electrohypersensitivity
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Jimmy, Bordarie; Maël, Dieudonné; M. Ledent; Nicolas, Prignot Source: Annals of Medicine, Volume 54, Issue 1 (2022) Keywords: Contested ...
Residential green space in association with the methylation status in a CpG site within the promoter region of the placental serotonin receptor HTR2A
increased with 1.47% (95% CI:0.17;2.78), 1.52% (95% CI:0.21;2.83) and 1.42% (95% CI:0.15;2.69), respectively. Additionally„ we found 3.00% (95% CI:1.09;4.91) and 1.98% (95% CI:0.28;3.68) higher ...
In Silico Methods for Chromosome Damage.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Baderna, Diego; Ilse Van Overmeire; Lavado, Giovanna J; Gadaleta, Domenico; Birgit Mertens * Source: Methods Mol Biol, Volume 2425 (2022) ...
Acid digestion of nonwoven textiles for measuring their trace element content by ICP techniques
health impact assessment Manuscript versions: DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.pex-1924/v1 File: Version: Pre-print Full text access: Public Access Full text language: English Category: A7 FOS ...
A Summer of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Belgian Waterbodies: Microcystin Quantification and Molecular Characterizations
and Phormidium sp. was shown. Moreover, the mcyE gene was detected in 75.71% of all the water samples. Health Topics: Health and environment Santé et environnement Gezondheid en milieu Service: ...
Variability in the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality by exposure assessment method and covariate adjustment: A census-based country-wide cohort study
mortality. Hazard Ratios (HR s) per 10 μg/m3 increase for NO2 were 1.060 (95% CI 1.042-1.078) [hybrid LUR] and 1.040 (95% CI 1.022-1.058) [RIO- IFDM]. Associations with non-accidental, respiratory disease and ...
Association between temperature and natural mortality in Belgium: Effect modification by individual characteristics and residential environment
and black carbon) to identify more vulnerable population subgroups. Results Based on 307,859 deaths from natural causes, we found significant cold effect (OR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.30–1.57) and heat effect ...