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Strong increase of true and false positive mycobacterial cultures sent to the National Reference Centre in Belgium, 2007 to 2016.

by PCR in the NRC). We reviewed mycobacterial species identified and assessed trends over time of proportions of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) vs complex (MTB c), and false positive cultures vs ...

Assessment of Packaged Foods and Beverages Carrying Nutrition Marketing against Canada's Food Guide Recommendations.

by Canada’s Food Guide (CFG). Almost half of packaged products in Canada carry nutrition marketing (i.e., nutrient content and health claims). This study assessed whether packaged foods carrying ...

Pesticide residues in Tunisian table grapes and associated risk for consumer’s health

presence of 96 pesticides, including dithiocarbamates, was assessed. Pesticides identification and quantification were performed by liquid or gas chromatography, coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. All ...

A probabilistic approach for risk-benefit assessment of food substitutions: A case study on substituting meat by fish

Voet Source: Food Chem Toxicol, Volume 126, Number 96 (2019) Keywords: Disability-Adjusted Life Years Food-based dietary guidelines health impact Risk-Benefit Assessment (RBA) Substitution Usual intake ...

Personal exposure to traffic-related air pollutants and relationships with respiratory symptoms and oxidative stress: A pilot cross-sectional study among urban green space workers.

outcomes are not fully elucidated. This pilot study aimed to assess individual exposure to three traffic-related air pollutants, black carbon (BC), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH s) and benzene, and ...

Hazard characterization and risk assessment of mineral oils: Case study with information obtained in Belgian MinOil study

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Birgit Mertens Source: ILSI workshop ‘Mineral Oil Risk Assessment: Knowledge Gaps and Roadmap’, Brussels (Belgium) (2019) ...

Dietary exposure assessment of the Belgian population to mineral oil

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Annelies Van Heyst; Els Van Hoeck Source: 8th International Fresenius Conference on Residues of food contact materials in food. (2019) URL: https://www.akademie-fresenius.com/events/ ...

Contribution of chronic diseases to educational disparity in disability in France: results from the cross-sectional “disability-health” survey

Abstract: Background This study aimed 1) to assess whether the contribution of chronic conditions to disability varies according to the educational attainment, 2) to disentangle the contributions of the ...

Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

level, or household wealth, are strongly associated with risk factors of under-five mortality (U5M) such as health behavior or exposure to diseases and injuries. The aim of the study was to assess the ...

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