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Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation
diseases (NCD s) in Europe, affecting almost 60% of all adults. In Belgium, as in many high-income countries, average body mass index (BMI) has significantly increased over the past decades. Tackling obesity ...
Maturation of Esophageal Motility and Esophagogastric Junction in Preterm Infants
wave patterns in response to nutritive swallows were observed in all patients. At later time points, esophageal body peristalsis became more rapid, evidenced by a faster distal contractile velocity and ...
Conducting national burden of disease studies in small countries in Europe– a feasible challenge?
Source: Archives of Public Health, Volume 79, Issue 1 (2021) Keywords: burden of disease Disability-Adjusted Life Years European burden of disease network Abstract: Background Burden of Disease (BoD) ...
Update of the risk assessment of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs) in food
the Reference Point, corresponding to a body burden of 0.75 mg/kg bw. The chronic intake that would lead to the same body burden in humans was calculated to be 2.35 μg/kg bw per day. The derivation of ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from dietary exposure to lead, 2015
Diet Disability-Adjusted Life Years Foodborne burden of disease Intellectual Disability Lead Abstract: Lead is a ubiquitous dietary contaminant that occurs in food because of natural and anthropogenic ...
Changes in health in Belgium, 1990-2016: a benchmarking analysis based on the global burden of disease 2016 study
by acting on risk factors directly linked to a significant part of the Belgian burden of diseases, i.e., alcohol and tobacco consumption, and high body mass index. National burden of disease estimates ...
Quantifying burden of disease to support public health policy in Belgium: opportunities and constraints
Non-communicable diseases and injuries dominate the overall disease burden, while dietary risks, tobacco smoking, and high body-mass index are the major risk factors for ill health. Notwithstanding these efforts, if ...
Human biomonitoring on heavy metals in Ath: methodological aspects.
their health. Therefore, authorities of the Walloon Region and the municipality of Ath undertook biomonitoring to assess the impact of those industrial emissions on heavy metal body burden in humans.This ...
Cadmium exposure in the population: from health risks to strategies of prevention.
Vangronsveld, Jaco Source: Biometals, Volume 23, Issue 5 (2010) Keywords: Biological Availability Body Burden Cadmium Cardiovascular Diseases Diabetes Mellitus environmental exposure Environmental Pollutants ...
Validation of the CALUX bioassay for PCDD/F analyses in human blood plasma and comparison with GC-HRMS.
dioxin body burden in the Belgian population. The Scientific Institute of Public Health identified a population from whom plasma samples were available and from whom, during the follow up survey, plasma ...