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Cadmium exposure in the population: from health risks to strategies of prevention.
and recent studies focusing on bone effects show increased risk of osteoporosis even at urinary Cd below 1 μg Cd/g creatinine. The non-smoking adult population has urinary Cd concentrations close to or ...
Estimate of intake of sulfites in the Belgian adult population.
3). The food group contributing most to the intake of sulfites was wines. The results showed that the intake of sulfites is likely to be below the ADI in Belgium. However, there are indications that ...
Revisiting the loading dose of amikacin for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock90
this higher amikacin dose, the peak concentration remained below therapeutic target levels in about one third of these patients. Optimizing aminoglycoside therapy should be achieved by tight ...
Dietary intake of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs of the Belgian population.
is clearly below the Tolerable Weekly Intake (TWI) of 14pgTEQkgbw(-1)week(-1) set by the Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission and below the provisional tolerable monthly intake of ...
Multiplex real-time RT-PCR for simultaneous detection of GI/GII noroviruses and murine norovirus 136839
A quantitative two-step multiplex real-time reverse transcriptase (RT-) PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of genogroup I (GI) and genogroup II (GII) noroviruses (NoVs) is described below. A murine norovirus ...
PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in home-produced eggs from Belgium: levels, contamination sources and health risks.
dioxin-like PCB s. This study showed that current soil levels found in some private gardens do not lead to egg levels below the current EU maximal level of 6 pg total TEQ /g fat for dioxins and dioxin-like PCB ...
Estimate of intake of benzoic acid in the Belgian adult population.
only a small percentage of the total intake. The results show that actual benzoic acid intake is very likely to be below the ADI. However, there is a need to collect national food-consumption data for ...
Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Belgian house cats.
tested positive for IgG and/or IgM. Seroprevalence increased with age from 2% below 12 months of age up to 44% at age 7. Sensitivities of SAG1 and TLA ELISA were 84.1% and 88.6%, respectively. Peak levels ...
Perinatal mortality and other severe adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: meta-analysis.
frequency of perinatal mortality, severe and extreme preterm delivery, and low birth weight below 2000 g or 1500 g. CONCLUSIONS: In the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, cold knife conisation ...
Fourth WHO-coordinated survey of human milk for persistent organic pollutants (POPs): Belgian results
s. The results indicate that most organochlorinated pesticides banned 25-30 years ago were below or around detection limits in Belgian human milk samples although DDE was still found at low levels in ...