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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 ...
The interplay between market concentration and diversity, food environment related commitments and associated practices of major food companies across European, Belgian and French markets
assessment Food environments Food Industry Food Supply Market structure Abstract: To improve our knowledge on how the food industry affects European food environments, an assessment from both an economic and ...
Acid digestion of nonwoven textiles for measuring their trace element content by ICP techniques
health impact assessment Manuscript versions: DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.pex-1924/v1 File: Version: Pre-print Full text access: Public Access Full text language: English Category: A7 FOS ...
Identification and characterization of TiO2 nanoparticles in face masks by TEM
on a (semi-)automatic quantitative analysis using ImageJ, and (iv) in view of risk assessment, a calculation to estimate the amount of particles available for release from the mask. Health Topics: ...
Tick-borne diseases in Belgium: The incidence and economic burden of Lyme borreliosis and the occurrence of other tick-borne infections
have remained. This thesis aims to contribute to the assessment of the burden of LB in Belgium, amongst others, by setting up a prospective cohort study. This work resulted in estimations of the ...
Going online with the health interview survey: Assessing the effect of data collection mode on participation, measurements and costs in a Belgian context
Publication Type: Dissertation Authors: Elise Braekman Source: Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium, p.295 (2020) Keywords: COSTS Data collection face-to-face health interview survey measurements Paper Participation Web Health Topics: Ziekten en gezondhe ...
Chemical and toxciological characterization of e-liquid cigarettes
investigated. An adapted risk assessment methodology for intentional inhalation of substances through the e-cigarette was applied. This exercise showed that there is no risk for systemic toxicity related to ...
DETERMINATION OF SENSITIZING AND IRRITATING LEACHABLES IN MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS
sensitizing and/or irritating chemicals were found to be present in MHP s. This dissertation aims to assess the actual leaching of these compounds out of MHP s into the vulvovaginal environment, hereby possibly ...
Genotoxic evaluation of the liquids present in electronic cigarettes
performed with flavouring substances that have previously been identified in e-liquids. First, the genotoxic potential of these compounds was assessed using in silico prediction software Derek and Sarah ...
DETERMINATION OF ALLERGENIC FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS IN FEMININE ABSORBENT HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND LUBRICANTS
a real-life exposure scenario to gain a better understanding of the leaching of these fragrances. At last, a risk assessment was made using the estimated exposure and the toxicological data available. Method: ...