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4DEMON: Centralization and valorization of 4 decades of biota contaminant data in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
regulation in Europe starting with the Oslo and Paris convention in the seventies and leading to several research projects and monitoring programs. In the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS), modern ...
Lessons learned from Chernobyl and Fukushima on thyroid cancer screening and recommendations in case of a future nuclear accident.
differentiated thyroid cancer. After the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents, thyroid cancer screening was implemented mainly for children, leading to case over-diagnosis as seen in South Korea after the ...
Proposal for Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Nomenclature below the Species Level.
Infections Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human Abstract: Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the leading viral cause of serious pediatric respiratory disease, and lifelong reinfections are common. Its ...
Pitfalls of rubella serology while on the brink of elimination: evaluation of national data, Belgium, 2017.
follow-up testing. The number of anti-rubella IgM analyses was very high. Incorrect use of IgM for screening women of childbearing age can lead to unwarranted anxiety and overuse of confirmation tests. Health ...
Insights into the association of ACEIs/ARBs use and COVID-19 prognosis: a multistate modelling study of nationwide hospital surveillance data from Belgium.
the potential exacerbation of COVID-19 severity and fatality. Previous studies addressing this question have used standard methods that may lead to biased estimates when analysing hospital data because ...
Unit Response and Costs in Web Versus Face-To-Face Data Collection: Comparison of Two Cross-sectional Health Surveys.
collection for population health surveys due to its combined cost-effectiveness, implementation ease, and increased internet penetration. Nonetheless, web modes may lead to lower and more selective unit ...
The small-molecule SMARt751 reverses resistance to ethionamide in acute and chronic mouse models of tuberculosis.
activate the prodrug ethionamide. Here, we used medicinal chemistry coupled with a phenotypic assay to select the N-acylated 4-phenylpiperidine compound series. The lead compound, SMAR t751, interacted with ...
The influence of lifestyle choices (food, alcohol, smoking) on the blood concentration of Cd, Pb and Hg of newborns, adolescents and adults from Wallonia
concentrations of toxic metals (cadmium [Cd], total mercury [Hg], and lead [Pb] in a representative sample of different age groups (newborns, adolescents and adults) of the Walloon population in Belgium. We ...
Exposure to lead when manufacturing cookware from scrap metal: A public health threat in the artisanal sector in DR Congo
Nemery; Heidi Demaegdt Source: 6th Imekofoods, 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON METROLOGY IN FOOD AND NUTRITION, Dubrovnik, Croatia (2022) Keywords: artisanal cookware Lead exposure low income countries ...
Spotlight influenza: Extending influenza surveillance to detect non-influenza respiratory viruses of public health relevance: analysis of surveillance data, Belgium, 2015 to 2019.
affects millions of people yearly. Severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), mainly influenza, are a leading cause of hospitalisation and mortality. Increasing evidence indicates that non-influenza ...