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Analyzing the airborne birch and grass pollen monitoring network in Belgium

life. Mitigation measures can alleviate pollen-induced symptoms, but these require early warning systems providing timely information on forthcoming pollen episodes. The performance of such systems can be ...

Modelling grass pollen load in temperate and Mediterranean European areas based on source spatial distribution

namely: intensively managed grasslands (seasonally cut and tilled pastures and arable lands), wild grasslands (natural or semi-natural grasslands including Iberian “dehesa” systems). The relationship ...

The search for the best airborne pollen monitoring locations

suffer from allergenic airborne pollen thereby decreasing the quality of life. In order to ease the pollen induced symptoms mitigation measures can be applied. This, however, requires timely information on ...

Daily heart rate characteristics, allergy symptom severity and mood in adults with allergic rhinitis

a healthier, more adaptable cardiovascular system (more irregular heart rate on the same day). Health Topics:  Health and environment Santé et environnement Gezondheid en milieu Service:  Mycologie et ...

Quality control and correction method for air temperature data from a citizen science weather station network in Leuven, Belgium

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Eva Beele; Maarten Reyniers; Raf Aerts; Ben Somers Source: Earth System Science Data, Volume 14, Issue 10 (2022) Abstract: The growing ...

Validity of air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollution in Belgium

To avoid the risk of exposure misclassification, one possibility is to interpolate air pollution measures at the residence through a Geographical Information Systems. However, this might imply ...

Association between urban environment and mental health in Brussels, Belgium

residence and processed using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Mental health status was approached through several validated indicators: the Symptom Checklist-90-R subscales for depressive, anxiety and ...

Revealing the identification power of CCS: A novel approach applied to pesticide analysis in food

scientific information system. Then, the screening method performances were tested with samples (blank matrices, spiked samples and proficiency test). Based on these results, we will show how we can reliably ...

A biomonitoring survey of the residents and the rescue workers for acrylonitrile after the train disaster in Wetteren (Belgium)

exposure INFORMATION IS living measure method methods nonsmokers objectives observed ON Participation past pattern People person POPULATION Populations PRODUCTS public public health Public-health ...

Disentangling the Link between Built/Non-Built Environment and Mental Health in Brussels

Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Participant’s mental health was approached through different indicators from validated questionnaires (GHQ, SF36 vitality scale, etc.) and isolated variables (reported ...

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