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Microbial quality analysis of falsified medicines seized by controling agencies
offering an appealing alternative to legitimate medications [9]. A prominent concern in this landscape pertains to the compromised quality of these illicit pharmaceuticals, often deviating from established ...
THE ANALYSIS OF ILLICIT DRUGS COLLECTED DURING A SUMMER FESTIVAL AND EVALUATION OF THE NARCOREADER FOR ON-SITE ANALYSIS OF MDMA
followed an increasing trend in Belgium. The purity of cocaine stays quite stable in Belgium. The purity of amphetamine showed fluctuations in Belgium, with an important increase in median purity in 2022. ...
Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
food Food Safety Health Risk Assessment microcystins WATER Abstract: Increased awareness in the media and strict control by competent authorities resulted in an overall risk perception of toxic ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
had only rarely been associated with human cases of an outbreak, let alone during a real outbreak. Therefore, this PhD centered on the development of shotgun metagenomics methods to study ...
CHROMATOGRAPHIC FINGERPRINT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DETECTION OF TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS IN PLANT FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
the reason for the shift towards easily procurable herbal supplements. Herbal supplements have seen an increas-ing demand in the western countries and are associated to be synonymous with ‘safe’. ...
The interplay between market concentration and diversity, food environment related commitments and associated practices of major food companies across European, Belgian and French markets
assessment Food environments Food Industry Food Supply Market structure Abstract: To improve our knowledge on how the food industry affects European food environments, an assessment from both an economic and ...
Development of a data-intensive centralized system for surveillance and outbreak investigation of bacterial pathogens using whole-genome sequencing
sequencing (WGS), the sequencing of (nearly) complete genomes, has had an enormous impact on almost all fields of biology. However, its successful integration into routine public health practice has lagged ...
Tick-borne diseases in Belgium: The incidence and economic burden of Lyme borreliosis and the occurrence of other tick-borne infections
Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome Tick-borne pathogens Abstract: Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in Europe. The most common clinical manifestation is an erythema migrans, a red ...
Chemical and toxciological characterization of e-liquid cigarettes
e-liquid refills. First, a comprehensive literature search was performed to obtain an overview about the chemical composition of the e-liquids and the analytical methods used for their detection. Although the ...
Bepaling van spoorelementen in diverse matrices met spectrometische technieken.
preparations were mineralized with HNO3 in microwave oven and the concentrations of As, Cd, Ni, Pb in the samples were analyzed with an ICP- MS. Hg in these samples was determined with the AMA. 2.textile samples ...