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Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
cyanobacteria blooms among the global population in Belgium. There is a general concern about the negative impact of the blooms and their toxins on the environment and public health. Yet, limited data about ...
Development of a data-intensive centralized system for surveillance and outbreak investigation of bacterial pathogens using whole-genome sequencing
A novel validation framework was constructed and optimized to validate the performance of bioinformatics assays, demonstrating generally high performance for the intended applications. ISO 15189 ...
Chemical and toxciological characterization of e-liquid cigarettes
In general, the legislative changes have had a positive effect on the quality of e-liquids: the results of our study show that the quality of e-liquids has improved following the implementation of the ...
Bepaling van spoorelementen in diverse matrices met spectrometische technieken.
the food enzyme preparations (project SPECENZYM) there was in general only low concentrations of the tested elements found. Only in one sample was the concentration of Ni and As higher than the ...
Genotoxic evaluation of the liquids present in electronic cigarettes
device that vaporizes liquid for inhalation by the user. In general, the e-cigarette is perceived as being healthier than the conventional cigarette because no combustion process (and subsequently no ...
DETERMINATION OF ALLERGENIC FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS IN FEMININE ABSORBENT HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND LUBRICANTS
present in a wide range of products such as consumer products, cosmetics, and toys. However, they are not regulated in every industry to the same extent. The General Products Safety Directive (GPSD) states ...
Vaccine preventable bacterial diseases in Belgium: monitoring of general population immunity and pregnancy vaccination strategies
Publication Type: Dissertation Authors: Raïssa Nadège Caboré Source: VUB, Brussels, Belgium, p.183 (2017) Accession Number: NA Keywords: bacterial diseases Belgium general population immunity ...
Study of the possible migration risks of food contact materials for children under 3 years
been encountered. Baby cups, teats, dinnerware and other infant FCM s were studied as well. However, for the latter items, a major percentage of the polymers used for their production could generally not ...
Detection and risk evaluation of counterfeit medicines based on physico-chemical properties: the fingerprint and chemometrics approach
efficient way. In general, it can be concluded that fingerprinting proves to be a useful strategy for the screening of counterfeit medicines and adulterated products. Based on the desired information, ...
Surveillance studies of suicidal behavior and depression by the Belgian Network of Sentinel General Practices.
dépression general General practice Network Practice PRACTICES sentinel study Suicidal behavior suicide Surveillance Service: Étude des soins de santé Gezondheidszorgonderzoek Health services research ...