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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 ...
Air pollution in association with mental and self-rated health and the mediating effect of physical activity
= 1.27; 95% CI: 1.13, 1.42), poor self-rated health (OR = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.09, 1.32) and depressive disorder (OR = 1.19; 95% CI: 1.00, 1.41). Secondly, an association was found between BC exposure and ...
The Changing Landscape of Food Deserts and Swamps over More than a Decade in Flanders, Belgium
Issue 21 (2022) Health Topics: Health and environment Santé et environnement Gezondheid en milieu Full text language: English Category: Peer-reviewed scientific articles FOS Classification: 3.03 ...
Human biomonitoring survey (Pb, Cd, As, Cu, Zn, Mo) for urban gardeners exposed to metal contaminated soils
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Jérôme C.J. Petit; Patrick Maggi; Pirard, Catherine; Charlier, Corinne; Ann Ruttens; Amandine Liénard; Gilles Colinet; Suzanne Remy ...
Higher buccal mtDNA content is associated with residential surrounding green in a panel study of primary school children
sensing derived map. Given the repeated measures design, we applied a mixed-effects model with school and subject as random effect while adjusting for a priori chosen fixed covariates. Results: mtDNAc was assessed ...
Detection and identification of authorized and unauthorized GMOs using high-throughput sequencing with the support of a sequence-based GMO database
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Assia Saltykova; Julien Van Braekel; N. Papazova; Marie-Alice Fraiture; Deforce, Dieter; Kevin Vanneste; Sigrid C.J. De Keersmaecker; ...
Residential Exposure to Urban Trees and Medication Sales for Mood Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease in Brussels, Belgium: An Ecological Study
men, β=0.281β=0.281 (95% CI: 0.243, 0.319)] and with 20–24% higher cardiovascular medication sales [women, β=0.202β=0.202 (95% CI: 0.169, 0.236); men, β=0.240β=0.240 (95% CI: 0.206, 0.273)]. Discussion: We found a trade-off ...
Impact of Short-Term Exposure to Extreme Temperatures on Mortality: A Multi-City Study in Belgium
Risico- en gezondheidsimpactevaluatie Risk and health impact assessment Manuscript versions: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073763 File: Version: Published Full text access: Public Access Full ...
The purity of tattoo inks, screening substances of high concern
observed. Conclusion: Our results show that low-quality tattoo inks are easily available to the European consumer. In line with literature, most infringements were observed with red/brown inks which is not ...
Mapping abundance distributions of allergenic tree species in urbanized landscapes: A nation-wide study for Belgium using forest inventory and citizen science data
Nawrot; An Van Nieuwenhuyse; Jean-Marie Aerts; Jos Van Orshoven; Ben Somers; Catherine Linard; Nicolas Dendoncker Source: Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 218 (2022) Keywords: Allergenic trees Citizen ...