Résultats de la recherche - 28 results
Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
food Food Safety Health Risk Assessment microcystins WATER Abstract: Increased awareness in the media and strict control by competent authorities resulted in an overall risk perception of toxic ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
the STEC strain from the endogenous E.coli strains while an Illumina MiSeq run takes 48 hours. Moreover, the lower-cost Flongle flow cell showed the same results after 24 hours of sequencing when using ...
Daily heart rate characteristics, allergy symptom severity and mood in adults with allergic rhinitis
intercept for individuals. Results: The analyses included 3800 participant-days. A one-point increase in symptom severity was associated with an increase in resting heart rate of 0.07 (0.02 to 0.13) beats per ...
Validity of self-reported data to assess the prevalence of overweight, hypertension and cholesterol
hypertension) and ICC was used to assess the agreement between SR and measured BMI. SR high cholesterol was compared to a measured total serum cholesterol >190 mg/dl. Results Risk factor prevalence based on SR ...
Validity of air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollution in Belgium
coefficient, analysis of variance and multivariable ordinal logistic regressions (OLR). Results A significant exposure-response relationship was observed between long term air pollution exposure and ...
Levels of organochlorinated pesticide residues and other persistent organic pollutants in breast milk: the Belgian results from the 6th WHO-coordinated survey
over time Main POP s still measurable are DDT, HCB and B- HCH breast milk advised as first choice for nursing babies The results support further monitoring and reduction of exposure Health Topics: Health and ...
Dermal exposure of Belgian florists to insecticide residues
Pesticide residues Residue result results risk SAFETY Sample Samples Science situation STANDARD standards study time values WHO work Abstract: In order to assess the potential dermal exposure (PDE) and ...
BruxAir. Short-term health effects of air pollution in the Brussels Capital Region 2004-2011: an epidemiological time series approach.
spectrum from mortality via hospital admissions to sub-clinical effects. Adverse health effects occur both as a result from short term exposure (on the order of days) and from sustained exposure (multiple ...
Biological activity conferred by endocrine disrupting chemicals in hospital effluent and river water from the Brussels Region, Belgium
hospital effluent and, respectively, 52.3 and 1.2ng EEQ /L for WWTP influent and effluent. For comparison reasons, commercial drinking waters amount to 0.004-0.070 ng EEQ /L. These results indicate that ...
Analysis of the short-term effect of pollen and spore exposure on allergy medication sales
pollutant concentrations, climate factors, flu, seasonal component and day of the week. Analysis focused on the 2005-2011 period. Results: For most age groups, the relative risk of buying allergy medications ...