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Women’s health report for Belgium: addressing the information gap
health issues specific to women or affecting them differently and possible knowledge and data gaps. Results The report highlighted several data gaps, e.g. prevalence of endometriosis and polycystic ovary ...
Lifestyle predictors of colorectal cancer in European populations: a systematic review
model-specific lifestyle predictors were visualised using forest plots. RESULTS: A total of 21 risk prediction models for CRC (reported in 16 studies) were eligible, of which 11 were validated in a European adult ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
Since the BMI (kg/m²) in children is instable, age/sex-specific cutoff points are used to estimate the weighted prevalence (95% confidence interval) of self-reported overweight (including obesity), by SES ...
Seasonal and inter-seasonal RSV activity in the European Region during the COVID-19 pandemic from autumn 2020 to summer 2022.
country-specific weekly RSV counts of sentinel, non-sentinel and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) surveillance specimens and calculated percentage positivity. Results for both 2020/21 and 202½2 seasons and ...
Development of novel analytical methods to trace small micro- and nanoplastics in food matrices
strength, or barrier activity against oxygen and carbon dioxide, and the cost-effectiveness. However, apart from macroplastics, we are facing with the serious problem of microplastics (MP s) and nanoplastics ...
Cost and greenhouse gas emissions of current, healthy, flexitarian and vegan diets in Aotearoa (New Zealand)
guidelines (Eating and Activity Guidelines for healthy diets and EAT-Lancet reference diet for vegan and flexitarian diets) or nutrition survey data (current diets). Results: The iterative creation of 210-237 ...
CHROMATOGRAPHIC FINGERPRINT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DETECTION OF TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS IN PLANT FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
herbal adulteration MS. Tribulus terrestris UHPLC Abstract: Background: Erectile dysfunction (ED) characterized by the inability to achieve or maintain erection during sexual activity, is a common disorder ...
Psychological distress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and suppression measures during the first wave in Belgium
psychological distress at the beginning of that period with a pre-pandemic health survey and assessed the psychological effects of exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in social activity and support. ...
Bigger and Better? Representativeness of the Influenza A Surveillance Using One Consolidated Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Data Set as Compared to the Belgian Sentinel Network of Laboratories.
clinical laboratories or laboratory networks, to survey the presence of specific microbial agents known to constitute a threat to public health in a given population. This monitoring activity is commonly ...
Assessment of estrogenic compounds in paperboard for dry food packaging with the ERE-CALUX bioassay
specific analysis. Estrogenic activities ranged from 682 ± 66 pg E2 eq./dm2 to 3250 ± 400 pg E2 eq./dm2 for “worst case” extraction and from 347 ± 30 pg E2 eq./dm2 to 1350 ± 70 pg E2 eq./dm2 for migration ...