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Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
environmental samples. This has a negative downstream effect on possible risk assessment studies that would establish the exposure and influence of the different cyanotoxins on public health, and on the final ...
Evolution of patient characteristics and outcomes concerning diabetic foot ulcer care in Belgium between 2008 and 2020
study the epidemiology of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and monitor/improve quality of care. We investigated how patient and foot characteristics, treatment and outcome evolved between 2008 and 2020. ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch diabetic foot ulcer scale short form (DFS-SF) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
ulcer care. This study aimed to validate the DFS- SF questionnaire for Flemish Dutch-speaking patients with DFU in Belgium. Methods: This observational cohort study included 100 patients with DFU from ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
conditions. This study aimed to validate the LEFS questionnaire for Flemish Dutch-speaking patients with DFU in Belgium. Methods: This observational cohort study included 100 patients with DFU from the ...
COMBINATION OF CHEMOMETRICS AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL FINGERPRINTING FOR DETECTION OF REGULATED PLANTS IN PLANT FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
concerns, necessitating an efficient screening approach for detection of the regulated plants in plant food supplements. This study aims at developing a chemometric approach coupled with fingerprinting for ...
Spectroscopic approaches for conformity analysis of e-liquids
Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the compositions of the products on the market and conduct surveillance studies. In Belgium this is performed under the coordination of the Federal Public Service of ...
Homologous versus heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination: impact on clinical severity of Omicron among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium
the study population. An adjusted logistic model was build and g-computation was executed to estimate counterfactual risks of different clinical severity outcomes (intensive care unit (ICU) transfer, ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
contaminant present in the sample at once, possibly also at the SNP level. At the time this study started, shotgun metagenomics for the study of food contaminants was in its infancy. Moreover, strain-level ...
Estimates of people who injected drugs within the last 12 months in Belgium- presentation
a fieldwork study between February and April 2019. We estimated the number of PWID, defined as people who injected drugs in Brussels within the last 12 months, using capture-recapture methodology. We used ...
Applying and implementing future-oriented methods on a national level; towards enhanced policy and service preparedness to threats in the drugs domain
a changing world, The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy, Volume 15, EMCDDA building, Lisbon, Portugal (2022) URL: ...