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Air pollution in association with mental and self-rated health and the mediating effect of physical activity
mental health dimensions and self-rated health and part of the association was mediated by physical activity. Our results suggest that policies aiming to reduce air pollution levels could also reduce the ...
Changes in quality-adjusted life expectancy in Belgium, 2013 and 2018
assesses HRQ oL comprising five dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression) using a 5-level severity scoring to define a large variety of health states. The ...
Metagenomics to Detect and Characterize Viruses in Food Samples at Genome Level? Lessons Learnt from a Norovirus Study
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Florence E Buytaers; Bavo Verhaegen; Mathieu Gand; Jolien D'aes; Kevin Vanneste; Nancy Roosens; Kathleen Marchal; Sarah Denayer; Sigrid C.J. De Keersmaecker Source: Foods, Volume 11, Issue 2 ...
The association between the number of parks near home and levels of physical activity among community-dwelling older adults: A longitudinal study
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Louise Poppe; Benedicte Deforche; Jelle Van Cauwenberg; Ruben Brondeel; Lieze Mertens; Nico Van de Weghe; Benoit, Sien; Jenny Veitch; Delfien Van Dyck Source: Cities, Volume 130 (2022) Full text ...
Investigations upon the Improvement of Dermatophyte Identification Using an Online Mass Spectrometry Application.
the species level rose from 63.4 to 91.7% when combining all approaches. Nevertheless, residual confusion between close species, such as, and, remained. To distinguish between these species, mass ...
Market concentration and the healthiness of packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage sales across the European single market
and by the number of companies with ≥1 % MS and the number of companies uniquely present in one European country. The healthiness of food sales was assessed by applying the NOVA classification (level of ...
Mapping European research networks providing health data: results from the InfAct Joint Action on health information.
RESULTS: Fifty-seven research networks, representative at national, international or regional level, were identified. In these networks, data are mainly collected through administrative sources, health ...
Assessment of information as regards the toxicity of fumonisins for pigs, poultry and horses
fumonisins, their modified forms and hidden forms in feed. A no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) of 1 mg/kg feed was established for pigs. In poultry a NOAEL of 20 mg/kg feed and in horses a reference ...
Validity of self-reported air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollutants in Belgium
to classify individuals in three levels of exposure was assessed by means of a confusion matrix. Our results suggest a limited validity of self-reported air pollution annoyance as a direct proxy for ...
Reconstructing multi-decadal airborne birch pollen levels based on NDVI data and a pollen transport model
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Willem W. Verstraeten; Kouznetsov, Rostislav; Lucie Hoebeke; Nicolas Bruffaerts; Sofiev, Mikhail; Andy W. Delcloo Source: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 320 (2022) Health Topics: Po ...