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Arsenic speciation in food in Belgium. Part 1: fish, molluscs and crustaceans
arsenic concentrations in seafood. The main reason for the observed differences remains unclear. Health Topics: Arsenic (inorganic) Arseen (anorganisch) Arsenic (inorganique) Service: Éléments traces et ...
Deoxynivalenol loads in matched pair wheat samples in Belgium: comparison of ELISA VERATOX kit against liquid chromatography.
VERATOX kits are valuable for quantitative screening and even for an initial exposure assessment in situations when there are practical or economical reasons not to use sophisticated methods such as HPLC or ...
Susceptibility of in vitro produced hatched bovine blastocysts to infection with bluetongue virus serotype 8.
associated with an increased incidence of abortion and other reproductive problems. For these reasons, and also because BTV-8 is threatening to spread to other parts of the world, there is a need for more ...
No emergence of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes in Flanders and Brussels anno 2007-2008.
in 1996-1999. This suggests that the parasite is not emerging in the examined area and the endemic region has not significantly extended northwest during the last decade. The possible reasons are ...
HIV infections and STI co-infections in men who have sex with men in Belgium: sustained increase in HIV diagnoses.
(STI) (95.6% in 2008) indicate increases in unsafe sex practices in this group. Development of behavioural surveillance and more qualitative research on reasons for unsafe sex are needed in order to ...
Enterotoxigenic coagulase positive Staphylococcus in milk and milk products, lben and jben, in northern Morocco.
the toxin will be produced. For that reason, the combination of both methods (RPLA and PCR) is a guarantee for success in diagnostic analysis tests. Service: Pathogènes alimentaires Voedselpathogenen ...
An outbreak of measles in orthodox Jewish communities in Antwerp, Belgium, 2007-2008: different reasons for accumulation of susceptibles.
reasons for this outbreak were diverse: cultural factors, misinformation on vaccination by some medical doctors and the lack of a catch-up vaccination programme in private Jewish schools. The identification ...
Physical characteristics of the back are not predictive of low back pain in healthy workers: a prospective study.
population, back disorders are an important reason for sick leave and permanent work inability. In the context of fitting the job to the worker, one of the primary tasks of the occupational health physician is ...
Infections in residents of nursing homes.
homes. While the reasons for preventing infections are the same in nursing homes and in acute hospitals, several considerations relevant to prevention of infection differ in nursing homes. Infection ...
Intake of ochratoxin A and deoxynivalenol through beer consumption in Belgium.
OTA levels as low as reasonably achievable, especially for organic beer. Health Topics: Animal health Category: A1 FOS Classification: 4.03 Veterinary science ...