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Urine concentrations of Arsenic and its species in adolescents from Wallonia (Belgium).

questionnaires on socio-demographic characteristics, diet, certain risk factors for chronic diseases, intake of food supplements, general environment, housing and life behaviours such as smoking. All participants ...

Pyrogen testing of phage therapeutic products

amoebocyte lysate (LAL) assay and the animal-friendly alternative, the recombinant factor C (rFC) test. However, other (non-endotoxin) pyrogenic substances including compounds of the gram-positive bacterial ...

Validation of an animal-free analytical method for the detection of bacterial endotoxins in human vaccines

3R (2023) Keywords: Endotoxin " vaccine " quality control " recombinant factor c " LAL Abstract: Sciensano, as official medicines control laboratory (OMCL) following ...

Determination of vaccine bacterial endotoxins content by the rFC method

factor c; LAL Abstract: Sciensano, as official medicines control laboratory (OMCL) following “Official Control Authority Batch Release” (OCABR) guidelines, is entitled to check the concentration of ...

Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium

a documented COVID-19 infection) factors associated with the first and second booster uptake. Methods We used individually-linked data from the Belgian COVID-19 vaccine registry and the COVID-19 test database to ...

Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium

demographic (age, region of residence and sex) and COVID-19 related (having had a documented COVID-19 infection) factors associated with the first and second booster uptake. Methods We used individually-linked ...

Homologous versus heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination: impact on clinical severity of Omicron among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium

systems and administrative sources were leveraged to estimate a causal effect. A Directed Acyclic Graph was formalized to identify confounding factors. The target population consisted of adult COVID-19 ...

Daily heart rate characteristics, allergy symptom severity and mood in adults with allergic rhinitis

acute, daily changing factors that could underlie these cardiac alterations. Aim: To estimate associations between daily heart rate characteristics (i.e. resting heart rate, autocorrelation and sample ...

Validity of self-reported data to assess the prevalence of overweight, hypertension and cholesterol

Heyden Source: European Journal of Public Health, Volume 31, Issue Supplement_3 (2021) Abstract: Background Accurate data on the risk factors of non-communicable diseases is essential to build ...

Validity of air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollution in Belgium

black carbon ; 1.45 [95% CI  : 1.27-1.67]). Air pollution annoyance depended largely on individual factors especially health status.   Conclusions Air pollution exposure has a significant influence on ...

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