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Iron Deficiency Is a Risk Factor for Thyroid Dysfunction During Pregnancy: A Population-Based Study in Belgium
stratified and clustered sampling design. Urine and blood samples were collected, and a questionnaire was completed face to face with the study nurse. Concentrations of free thyroxine (fT4), total thyroxine ...
Development and Validation of a UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS Method for Quantification of Oleandrin and Other Cardiac Glycosides and Evaluation of Their Levels in Herbs and Spices from the Belgian Market
LC-MS/MS oleandrin plant toxins urine VALIDATION Abstract: Cardiac glycosides (CG s) are naturally occurring plant secondary metabolites that can be toxic to humans and animals. The aim of this work was to ...
Comparative study of seven commercial kits for human DNA extraction from urine samples suitable for DNA biomarker-based public health studies.
is a necessity to collect urine at a moment different from the first void and to store it appropriately until analysis. The present study compared seven commercial kits to select the most appropriate ...
Pathways of human exposure to cobalt in Katanga, a mining area of the D.R. Congo.
concentration of Co was measured in environmental and urine samples collected in urban and rural communities close to metal mining and/or refining plants, villages near a lake receiving effluents from metal ...
The European COPHES/DEMOCOPHES project: towards transnational comparability and reliability of human biomonitoring results.
2004 to “develop a coherent approach on human biomonitoring (HBM) in Europe”. Within this twin-project it was targeted to collect specimens from 120 mother-child-pairs in each of the 17 participating ...
Iodine deficiency among Belgian pregnant women not fully corrected by iodine-containing multivitamins: a national cross-sectional survey.
design. Urine samples were collected and a general questionnaire was completed face to face with the study nurse. The median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) among pregnant women (n 1311) was 124.1mg/l ...
Fortification of bread with iodized salt corrected iodine deficiency in school-aged children, but not in their mothers: a national cross-sectional survey in Belgium.
their mothers. METHODS: The study was cross-sectional. In a van, equipped with an ultrasound device, the thyroid volumes (Tvol) of children were measured and household salt samples and urine samples were collected ...
Human biomonitoring on heavy metals in Ath: methodological aspects.
a questionnaire to be filled out. Finally, biological samples (blood and urine) from 278 persons were collected. The final participation rate of this study was 24%.This sampling procedure, especially designed for ...
Estimate of total salt intake in two regions of Belgium through analysis of sodium in 24-h urine samples.
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To evaluate total salt intake in the adult population through an analysis of sodium in 24-h urine samples in two regions of Belgium. METHODS: Urine samples were collected over 24 h from ...