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Development of novel analytical methods to trace small micro- and nanoplastics in food matrices
of convenient food or usage of single-use items. As a direct consequence, the production of plastics is globally increasing, as well as their release into the environment, threatening wildlife and ...
Novel prediction models for genotoxicity based on biomarker genes in human HepaRG™ cells.
genotoxicity were developed based on an extended reference dataset of 38 chemicals including existing as well as newly generated gene expression data. Both unsupervised and supervised machine learning algorithms ...
Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
successfully validated and applied to quantify MC s in drinking water and environmental samples. Drinking water has the highest potential to be an exposure source of MC s, as assumed by the World Health ...
EBoD-FL. Guidelines for mapping the environmental burden of disease in Flanders
health outcomes. The risk factors that will be studied first are those related to air quality, environmental noise and extreme temperature. In terms of outcomes, priority was given to all-cause mortality, ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
investigated to improve the results in particular when skipping the culture enrichment of the food and other applications for public health can be explored as well such as the analysis of the human microbiomes ...
In Silico Methods for Chromosome Damage.
endpoint in each regulatory setting with respect to human health, including for pharmaceuticals. To this extent, a compound potential to induce gene mutations as well as chromosome damage needs to be ...
Development, Validation and Application of a Targeted LC-MS Method for Quantification of Microcystins and Nodularin: Towards a Better Characterization of Drinking Water
well-functioning society. However, due to climate change and pollution, access to safe freshwater sources diminishes. Increasing salinization, increasing sea levels and the presence of organic and non-organic ...
Different Effects of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Health-related Quality of Life
(2021) ISBN: 1871-2576 Abstract: School-based physical activity benefits the health and well-being of children and youth, but students’ activity levels are different. The aim of this study is to evaluate ...
Urban environment and mental health: the NAMED project, protocol for a mixed-method study
qualitative part, we conduct walking interviews with Brussels residents to record their subjective well-being in association with their neighbourhood. In the validation part, results from these two approaches ...
Association between urban environment and mental health in Brussels, Belgium
sleeping disorders and the 12-Item General Health Questionnaire for general well-being. For each mental health outcome, single and multi-exposure models were performed through multivariate logistic ...