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Dietary exposure to pyrrolizidine alkaloids in young children and adults from the Belgian population (PASFOOD)
of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA s) and N-oxide (PANO s) in targeted food items on the Belgian market in order to perform a dietary intake assessment to these natural hepatotoxic protoxins for the ...
Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study.
A consensus histopathology evaluation form was developed by an international panel of pathologists and evaluated for four indicators in a pilot analysis in order to validate it: 1) presence/type of tumor ...
Health crisis due to infectious and communicable diseases: European preparedness and response tools in an international context
general concept of national and international surveillance in order to provide a prepared response in the event of crisis. This paper provides an inventory of the relevant laws, guidelines and tools in ...
Us3 and Us9 proteins contribute to the stromal invasion of bovine herpesvirus 1 in the respiratory mucosa.
findings demonstrated that Us3 and Us9 play an important role in the invasion of BHV-1 through the BM of the respiratory mucosa, which shows the way forward for research-based attenuation of viruses in order ...
Risk Assessment of Florists Exposed to Pesticide Residues through Handling of Flowers and Preparing Bouquets.
florists located in Namur Province and in the Brussels Capital Region of Belgium in order to assess their potential dermal exposure to dislodgeable pesticide residues transferred from flowers to hands. Two ...
Zona pellucida gene mRNA expression in human oocytes is related to oocyte maturity, zona inner layer retardance and fertilization competence.
useful information on oocyte cytoplasmic maturation, developmental competence for embryonic growth, blastocyst formation and pregnancy. In order to understand the molecular basis of morphological changes ...
Historical aspects of iodine deficiency control.
still affect isolated places, in hard-to-reach and/or politically neglected populations. We emphasize the importance of maintaining international cooperation efforts, in order to monitor iodine status ...
Identification of a new tert-leucinate class synthetic cannabinoid in powder and "spice-like" herbal incenses: Methyl 2-[[1-(5-fluoropentyl)indole-3-carbonyl]amino]-3,3-dimethyl-butanoate (5F-MDMB-PICA).
methanolic sample solutions could not be identified. In order to elucidate the chemical structure, a more extensive analysis of the material was initiated using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC- ...
Assessment of dietary intake of 10 intense sweeteners by the Italian population.
analyzed in order to establish the concentration levels. Intense sweeteners were only found in foods belonging to 8 sugar-free food categories out of 37 regulated. The dietary exposure was estimated using ...
Chromatographic fingerprinting as a strategy to identify regulated plants in illegal herbal supplements.
developed, using a full factorial experimental design in order to acquire characteristic fingerprints of three plants which are potentially beneficial for treating ED: Epimedium spp., Pausinystalia yohimbe and ...