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Validity of air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollution in Belgium
cumbersome administrative procedures. Data on air pollution annoyance from surveys can be an alternative to assess individual exposure to air pollution. This research investigates the association between air ...
Development, Validation and Application of a Targeted LC-MS Method for Quantification of Microcystins and Nodularin: Towards a Better Characterization of Drinking Water
decreasing. These resources can only slowly be replenished. An increase in water storage deficits in Europe was observed after the dry summers of 2018 and 2019 compared to the water storage deficits after the ...
Importance of anti-SARS-CoV-2 assay antigenic composition as revealed by the results of the Belgian external quality assessment (EQA) scheme.
Delforge, Marie-Luce; Marijke Reynders; An Boel; Melissa Depypere; Natasja Van Gasse; Sara Vijgen; Jonathan Brauner; Barbara Dujardin; Padalko, Elizaveta Source: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, Volume 102, Issue ...
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
Vandenheede, Hadewijch; Charlotte Vanpoucke; An Van Nieuwenhuyse; Danielle Vienneau; Bert Brunekreef; Gerard Hoek Source: Science of The Total Environment, Volume 804 (2022) Keywords: cause-specific mortality ...
Air pollution in association with mental and self-rated health and the mediating effect of physical activity
Long-term exposure to PM2.5, BC and NO2 averaged 14.5, 1.4, and 21.8 µg/m3, respectively. An interquartile range (IQR) increment in PM2.5 exposure was associated with higher odds of suboptimal vitality (OR ...
Higher buccal mtDNA content is associated with residential surrounding green in a panel study of primary school children
in 246 children with a total of 436 measurements (mean age 10.3 years). Within a 1000m radius around the residential address, an IQR increment in low (11.0%), high (9.5%), and total (13.9%) green space ...
Residential Exposure to Urban Trees and Medication Sales for Mood Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease in Brussels, Belgium: An Ecological Study
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Dengkai, Chi; Raf Aerts; An Van Nieuwenhuyse; Mariska, Bauwelinck; Claire Demoury; Michelle, Plusquin; Tim S., Nawrot; Lidia, Casas; Ben, ...
The purity of tattoo inks, screening substances of high concern
implementing compound-specific restrictions. Methodology: A screening method based on LC-QqQ- MS was developed and validated for screening 40 substances of high concern in tattoo inks. An additional ...
Mapping abundance distributions of allergenic tree species in urbanized landscapes: A nation-wide study for Belgium using forest inventory and citizen science data
Nawrot; An Van Nieuwenhuyse; Jean-Marie Aerts; Jos Van Orshoven; Ben Somers; Catherine Linard; Nicolas Dendoncker Source: Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 218 (2022) Keywords: Allergenic trees Citizen ...
Different Effects of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Health-related Quality of Life
and least confident. Students in the least active group were more likely to be member of a family from lower social class and have an overweight body image. The multilevel analyses for the (combined) ...