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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 ...
Exposure of workers to pesticide residues during re-entry activities: A review
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Toumi, Khaoula; Laure Joly; Christiane Vleminckx; Schiffers, Bruno Source: Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, ...
How to overcome political and legal barriers to the implementation of a drug consumption room: an application of the policy agenda framework to the Belgian situation
framework proposed by Shiffman and Smith for policy agenda setting, in order to describe and assess how political and legal barriers were overcome in the process of opening the DCR. Case presentation For some ...
The EMPCAN study: protocol of a population-based cohort study on the evolution of the socio-economic position of workers with cancer
the working age population (16–64 years). There is a strong need to assess and understand their reintegration on the labour market, which underlines and ensures their social integration and quality of ...
Combining primary care surveillance and a meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of the clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2015–2017
other than EM, are more severe, hence these estimates are essential to assess the health burden and economic cost of LB which would be highly relevant for patients, healthcare providers and policymakers. ...