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Exposure of workers to pesticide residues during re-entry activities: A review
scientific literature on workers exposed to pesticide residues during re-entry tasks provides a comprehensive view of possible exposure routes and a better understanding of the risk assessment context ...
How to overcome political and legal barriers to the implementation of a drug consumption room: an application of the policy agenda framework to the Belgian situation
context of local elections offered an opportunity for Liège authorities to reignite the local debate on DCR s. At the local level, law enforcement, care professionals, residents, users, and the press were ...
Temperature-related changes in airborne allergenic pollen abundance and seasonality across the northern hemisphere: a retrospective data analysis
of multiple pollen (aeroallergen) taxa met the selection criteria. These datasets were analysed in the context of recent annual changes in maximum temperature (Tmax) and minimum temperature (Tmin) ...
Differences in primary palliative care between people with organ failure and people with cancer: An international mortality follow-back study using quality indicators.
country. Initiatives to improve palliative care should have different priorities depending on the healthcare and cultural context. Health Topics: Quality of healthcare Qualité des soins de santé Kwaliteit ...
Identification of Flavouring Substances of Genotoxic Concern Present in E-Cigarette Refills
prioritize the substances of highest concern for human health. In this context, genotoxicity is a key (toxicological) endpoint as it is related to a broad range of adverse human health effects including ...
Activity-Based Detection and Bioanalytical Confirmation of a Fatal Carfentanil Intoxication.
department admissions and deaths. Here, we report on the application of a novel opioid activity reporter assay and a sensitive bioanalytical assay in the context of a fatal carfentanil intoxication, revealing ...
Haemolytic uremic syndrome surveillance in children less than 15 years in Belgium, 2009-2015.
pathogenic STEC strains. In this context, efforts are still needed to send samples and STEC strains from HUS cases to the National Reference Centre. Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance ...
Physico-chemical characterization of the fraction of engineered nanomaterials in silver food additives (E174) in the context of risk assessment (nanoAg@)
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Eveline Verleysen; Sandra De Vos; Nadia Waegeneers; Lotte Delfosse; Marina Ledecq; Jan Mast Source: (2018) URL: https://www.sciensano.be/en/projects/physico-chemical ...
The use of the global activity limitation Indicator and healthy life years by member states and the European Commission.
the health sector such as in the area of pension and retirement age or in the context of sustainable development. Regarding surveys, the GALI is mostly obtained from the EU- SILC, SHARE and EHIS, but is ...
Arsenic Speciation Analysis Elucidates the Risk Assesment of Food Supplements with Ingredients of Marine Origin. 9th Nordic Conference on plasma spectrochemistry
the consumption of these types of FS, based on 60 samples collected in a Belgian market study. In this context, the determination of the most toxic fraction, inorganic arsenic (As i) and the non-toxic ...