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Hair mercury and urinary cadmium levels in Belgian children and their mothers within the framework of the COPHES/DEMOCOPHES projects.

in children and their mothers in order to obtain European-wide comparison values on these chemicals. The Belgian participant population consisted in 129 school children (6-11 years) and their mothers ...

Mild iodine deficiency in pregnancy in Europe and its consequences for cognitive and psychomotor development of children: a review.

conditions have been found to be related to mild and subclinical cognitive and psychomotor deficits in neonates, infants and children. The consequences depend upon the timing and severity of the ...

Fortification of bread with iodized salt corrected iodine deficiency in school-aged children, but not in their mothers: a national cross-sectional survey in Belgium.

sector and the Ministry of Health, to fortify bread with iodized salt. We tested the hypothesis that the iodine status of Belgian children improved after the introduction of bread fortified with iodized ...

Simulation of total dietary iodine intake in Flemish preschool children.

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Stefanie Vandevijvere; Lin, Y; Moreno-Reyes, R; Huybrechts, I Source: Br J Nutr, Volume 108, Issue 3, p.527-35 (2012) Keywords: Belgium Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Computer Simulation D ...

High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women: a national cross-sectional survey.

number of studies suggest that vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes in mothers, neonates and children. There are no representative country data ...

Does a small difference in iodine status among children in two regions of Belgium translate into a different prevalence of thyroid nodular diseases in adults?

survey of iodine status among children was performed in 1998. The raw data of this survey were reanalyzed to explore regional differences. The total number of thyroidectomies, carried out for multinodular ...

Human biomonitoring on heavy metals in Ath: methodological aspects.

industries and a peripheral area. The target population was children (2.5-11 years) and adults (40-60 years) without occupational exposure. The three-stage sampling procedure consisted of a mixture of both ...

Lessons learned from the management of a national outbreak of Salmonella ohio linked to pork meat processing and distribution.

clinical isolates caused self-limiting gastroenteritis; both genders (32 males and 28 females) and all age groups (three children <5 years of age, three children 5 to 14 years of age, 32 adults 15 to 64 ...

Estimate of intake of benzoic acid in the Belgian adult population.

children as they might be more vulnerable to an excessive intake. Health Topics:  Food consumption and food safety Category:  A1 FOS Classification:  3.03 Health sciences ...

Fluoride intake through consumption of tap water and bottled water in Belgium.

in children, including intake of fluoride via tooth paste and food supplements, are needed. Health Topics:  Food consumption and food safety Category:  A1 FOS Classification:  3.03 Health sciences ...

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