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In utero exposure to parabens and early childhood BMI z-scores – Associations between placental ethyl paraben, longitudinal BMI trajectories and cord blood metabolic biomarkers
investigated longitudinal effects of in utero paraben exposure on early childhood trajectories of BMI z-scores. Methods: Placental concentrations of four parabens [methyl (MeP), ethyl (EtP), propyl (PrP), and ...
Association between urban environment and mental health in Brussels, Belgium
exposure to air pollution, noise, surrounding green at different scales, and building morphology with several dimensions of mental health in Brussels. Methods: Research focuses on the inhabitants of the ...
Development of a multiplex mass spectrometry method for simultaneous quantification of urinary proteins related to respiratory health
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: S. Nauwelaerts; Nancy Roosens; Bernard, Alfred; Sigrid C.J. De Keersmaecker; Koen De Cremer Source: Scientific Reports, Volume 11, Issue 1 (2021) Manuscript versions: DOI: https://doi.org/10.10 ...
METROFOOD-RI: Pilot services with physical, remote and virtual access
mainly addressed to researchers, laboratories, food inspection agencies and policy makers: a search engine and database for agrifood reference materials and official methods an application programming ...
Iron Deficiency Is a Risk Factor for Thyroid Dysfunction During Pregnancy: A Population-Based Study in Belgium
women. Methods: The study population comprised a sample of pregnant women in Belgium during the first and third trimesters of pregnancy (n = 1241). Women were selected according to a multistage proportional-to-size ...
The nature of food promotions over one year in circulars from leading Belgian supermarket chains
proportion of healthier and less healthy food promotions in circulars of major Belgian supermarket chains. Methods: Food promotions were collected from all circulars over 1 year from the five largest Belgian ...
A detailed mapping of the food industry in the European single market: similarities and differences in market structure across countries and sectors
Single Market. Methods: The companies with the largest market share at the national level for each industry were identified from Euromonitor sales data in 2017/18. The market structure was assessed by the ...
Conceptual causal framework to assess the effect of SARS-CoV-2 variants on COVID-19 disease severity among hospitalized patients
allows to study the effect of SARS-CoV-2 variants on COVID-19 disease severity among hospitalized patients. METHODS: A causal model is defined and visualized using a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG), in which ...
Cervical cancer screening using HPV tests on self-samples: attitudes and preferences of women participating in the VALHUDES study
being investigated in the VALHUDES trial. The current study assesses attitudes and experiences regarding self-sampling among women enrolled in VALHUDES. METHODS Questionnaires from 515 women (age 25–64 ...
CBD oils on the Belgian market: A validated MRM GC-MS/MS method for routine quality control using QuEChERS sample clean up
CBD content not always corresponds to the label claim. There is a pressing need to develop new analytical methods specifically developed to the assay of such oily samples. Analytical issues are, ...