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Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
genome copies). Finally, a targeting of the norovirus by hybridization capture enhanced the relative quantity of reads classified as norovirus but at the expense of using a less open approach that can only ...
In Silico Methods for Chromosome Damage.
results for coumarin are presented in more detail as a case study. Overall, it can be concluded that although they are in general less developed than those for mutagenicity, in silico tools for chromosome ...
Variability in the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality by exposure assessment method and covariate adjustment: A census-based country-wide cohort study
subdivisions, area-level socio-economic covariates and less by exposure assessment method. Health Topics: Health and environment Santé et environnement Gezondheid en milieu Service: Évaluation des risques et de ...
Association between temperature and natural mortality in Belgium: Effect modification by individual characteristics and residential environment
mortality being associated to extreme temperatures but the extent to which individual or residential factors modulate this temperature vulnerability is less clear. Methods We conducted a multi-city study with ...
Environmental exposures and health behavior in association with mental health: a study design.
affect human health. However, less is known about their underlying biological mechanisms. One of these mechanisms could be biological aging. In this study, we explore the mediation of biomarkers of ...
Combining primary care surveillance and a meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of the clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2015–2017
inhabitants (95% UI 1.5–3.7) for Lyme neuroborreliosis, 2.1/100,000 (95% UI 1.7–2.6) for Lyme arthritis and 1.4/100,000 (95% UI 1.1–1.7) for other less frequent manifestations. Some of these LB manifestations, ...
The Vitotox and ToxTracker assays: a two-test combination for quick and reliable assessment of genotoxic hazards
Human human health INFORMATION IS Less Paper performance result results SENSITIVITY Test variety Vitotox Abstract: To ensure human health, it is essential to characterize the genotoxic potential of new ...
Scientific opinion on the Acute health risks related to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides in raw apricot kernels and products derived from raw apricot kernels
general general population General-population health Human Humans intake IS Less LEVEL ON Patient POPULATION PRODUCTS risk time toxicity uncertainty Weight Abstract: Amygdalin is the major cyanogenic ...
Human biomonitoring of heavy metals in the vicinity of non-ferrous metal plants in Ath, Belgium.
did a random sampling in the general population of Ath in two areas: a central area, including the plants, and a peripheral area, presumably less exposed. We quantified cadmium, lead, nickel, chromium ...
Analysis of the short-term effect of pollen and spore exposure on allergy medication sales
associated with an interquartile augmentation in pollen concentrations increased significantly for Betula, Carpinus and Gramineae. Associations existed but were less consistent across ages for Quercus, ...