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Does arsenic pose a health concern after consumption of clay products?
certainly in case of pure clay- all arsenic in these supplements is expected to be present in the most toxic inorganic form (As). In terms of risk, the most important questions to answer relate to the ...
Fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli isolates after exposure to non-fluoroquinolone antibiotics: a retrospective case–control study
data collected retrospectively in a case–control study linking microbiological test results (isolated bacteria and their susceptibility) of urine samples routinely collected from primary, secondary and ...
Influence of reduced levels or suppression of sodium nitrite on the outgrowth and toxinogenesis of psychrotrophic Clostridium botulinum Group II type B in cooked ham.
botulinum behavior in processing meat products, outgrowth and toxin production of C. botulinum should be evaluated on a case by case basis, depending on the recipe, manufacturing process, food matrix and ...
Position paper on the use of an “estimated acceptable concentration” (EAC) as basis for a control policy's action level for carcinogens unintentionally present in food
substantiated by a quick scoping review of scientific literature and reports. Key findings and conclusions Case-dependent, whether a threshold effect level can be defined or not, the EAC is calculated based on ...
Comparing health insurance data and health interview survey data for ascertaining chronic disease prevalence in Belgium.
’s CD s case definitions are an acceptable alternative to identify cases of diabetes, CVD s, Parkinson’s disease and thyroid disorders but yield in a significant underestimated number of patients ...
Allergenic potential of urban green spaces and changes across scenarios: a case-study in Brussels, Belgium
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Raf Aerts Source: 7th ESA – European Symposium on Aerobiology. “Bioaerosols and Environmental Impacts”. Virtual Symposium, Cordoba, Spain. 16-20 November 2020. (2020) Service: Évalu ...
All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century.
To assess the appropriateness of the country’s COVID-19 mortality surveillance, that includes long-term care facilities deaths and deaths in possible cases, the number of COVID-19 deaths was compared ...
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants.
started with healthier height or BMI than the global median and, in some cases, as healthy as the best performing countries, but they became progressively less healthy compared with their comparators as ...
Chemical and toxciological characterization of e-liquid cigarettes
present in e-liquids with a sweet, buttery taste such as cake, caramel, popcorn (55% in 2017 compared to 27% in 2018). Next, as a test case, the risk of inhaling diacetyl present in e-liquids was ...
Strain-Level Metagenomic Data Analysis of Enriched In Vitro and In Silico Spiked Food Samples: Paving the Way towards a Culture-Free Foodborne Outbreak Investigation Using STEC as a Case Study.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Saltykova, Assia; Buytaers, Florence E; Denayer, Sarah; Verhaegen, Bavo; Piérard, Denis; Nancy Roosens; Marchal, Kathleen; Sigrid De Keersmaecker Source: Int J Mol Sci, Volume 21, Issue 16 (2020) ...