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PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in home-produced eggs from Belgium: levels, contamination sources and health risks.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls Risk Assessment Seasons Soil Abstract: This paper discusses the dioxin TEQ levels as determined by the chemically activated luciferase gene expression assay (CALUX) and by HRGC- HRMS in ...
Contribution of selected foods to acrylamide intake by a population of Brazilian adolescents
CONSUMPTION contribution data dietary Dietary intake Dietary-intake exposure exposure assessment food food consumption Foods Girls Individuals intake LEVEL levels method older ON percentile POPULATION Recall ...
Interleukin-17 regulates chemokine and gelatinase B expression in fibroblasts to recruit both neutrophils and monocytes
metalloprotease (MMP) mRNA levels by RT- PCR. IL-17 stimulated CC chemokine (monocyte chemotactic protein-1; MCP-1/ JE) and CXC (KC, MIP-2) chemokine and TIMP-1 mRNA expression in fibroblastoid L929 cells. In ...
Current practices in antinuclear antibody testing: results from the Belgian External Quality Assessment Scheme.
immunofluorescence assay with human epithelial cell line 2 cells. Most laboratories were accurate in describing the pattern. The percentage of unacceptable answers was greater for samples with borderline levels of ...
Does a national screening programme reduce socioeconomic inequalities in mammography use?
from the 2001 and 2004 Health Interview Survey. Data were analysed by logistic regression with educational level as proxy for the socioeconomic status. The gradient of socioeconomic inequalities was ...
Estimate of intake of benzoic acid in the Belgian adult population.
Belgian adults. Food consumption data were retrieved from the national food-consumption survey. As a first step, individual food-consumption data were multiplied with the maximum permitted use levels for ...
Epidemiological study of bovine norovirus infection by RT-PCR and a VLP-based antibody ELISA.
93.2% (CI 95%: [90.4; 95.3%]) was found from calves and adult cattle. Antibody levels against genotype 2 bovine noroviruses rose in the first 6 months of life and were maintained in adults. Together the ...
Towards an integrated Real-Time Q-PCR platform for GMO detection at low level presence
Co-extra International Congress, NA (2009) Keywords: an at Co-Extra Congresses detection GMO GMO detection International LEVEL low level qPCR Health Topics: Food consumption and food safety Consommation et ...
Analysis of 13 million individual patient records pertaining to Pap smears, colposcopies, biopsies and surgery on the uterine cervix (Belgium, 1996-2000).
coverage, in the period 1998-2000, was 59% at national level, for the target age group 25-64 years. Differences were small between the 3 regions. Variation ranged from 39% to 71%. Coverage was 64% for 25-29 ...
Nation-wide prospective surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in hospitals in Belgium, July 2007-June 2008.
CDI in Belgian hospitals has been able to produce robust baseline data that should allow monitoring of trends at hospital and national level, and provide a basis for international comparisons. Remaining ...