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Residential green space in association with the methylation status in a CpG site within the promoter region of the placental serotonin receptor HTR2A
from the Green Map of Flanders in seven buffers (50 m-3 km) and stratified into low (<3 m) and high (≥3 m) vegetation. Residential nature was calculated using the Land use Map of Flanders. We ...
Organizing the health interview survey at the local level: design of a pilot study.
BACKGROUND: The local Health Interview Study (LHIS) was developed to gain health information at the level of the municipality in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. It enables municipalities to make ...
Development, Validation and Application of a Targeted LC-MS Method for Quantification of Microcystins and Nodularin: Towards a Better Characterization of Drinking Water
for consumption but also for industrial processes, agriculture and other activities. In Flanders, 10% of the total consumed water is used for agriculture [2]. Currently, to produce tap water, ground and ...
Residential green space, gardening, and subjective well-being: A cross-sectional study of garden owners in northern Belgium
benefits, but the contribution of domestic gardens to those benefits is insufficiently known. Using data from a cross-sectional sample (n=587) of domestic garden owners in Flanders and Brussels (northern ...
A Summer of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Belgian Waterbodies: Microcystin Quantification and Molecular Characterizations
samples from a monitoring of five lakes in Wallonia and occasional blooms in Flanders and Brussels, including a canal, were analyzed. A Liquid Chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC- MS / MS) ...
The Changing Landscape of Food Deserts and Swamps over More than a Decade in Flanders, Belgium
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Vincent Smets; Jeroen Cant; Stefanie Vandevijvere Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 19, Issue 21 (2022) Health Topics: Health and environment Sant ...
Pre-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among staff and residents of nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium) in fall 2020
Flanders, Belgium. Sociodemographic and medical data [including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms and results of RT- PCR tests] were retrieved using questionnaires. The overall seroprevalence was ...
Monitoring of human coronaviruses in Belgian primary care and hospitals, 2015-20: a surveillance study.
(Flanders Agentschap zorg en gezondheid, Brussels Commission communautaire commune, Wallonia Agence pour une vie de qualité). Health Topics: Coronavirus Coronavirus Coronavirus Acute respiratory tract ...
Living with a chronic disease: insights from patients with a low socioeconomic status
relevant to these specific populations is therefore needed. We explored the experiences of living with a chronic disease in low SES persons. Methods A qualitative interview study was performed in Flanders, ...
Association between local airborne tree pollen composition and surrounding land cover across different spatial scales in Northern Belgium
February–May 2017, during the tree pollen season, airborne tree pollen were measured by passive sampling at 2 m height above ground-level in 14 sites in the Flanders and Brussels-Capital region (Belgium). ...