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Determinants of placental iodine concentrations in a mild-to-moderate iodine-deficient population: an ENVIRONAGE cohort study
positive time trend for placental iodine load over the study period 2013 to 2017. Lastly, we observed positive associations of both the maternal and cord plasma thyroxine concentrations with placental iodine ...
Imported malaria and artemisinin-based combination therapy failure in travellers returning to Belgium: A retrospective study.
polymorphisms in drug resistance-associated genes pfk13, pfcrt, pfmdr1, pfpm2, pfap2mu and pfubp1 were determined by sequencing or quantitative PCR. RESULTS: Annual malaria cases steadily increased in the last ...
Listeria surveillance in Belgium
over the years. Over the last 18 years, the incidence rates varied between 0.4 and 0.9 cases/100 000 inhabitants, which is relatively high compares to other European countries (average of 0.43/100 000 ...
Time of administration of rabies immunoglobulins and adequacy of antibody response upon post-exposure prophylaxis: a descriptive retrospective study in Belgium.
days after the last PEP vaccine dose, using the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT). : Of the 92 cases treated with HRIG, 75 were evaluated. The majority of injuries were acquired in Asia (n ...
Mineral oil in food: A Belgian market survey
https://www.favv-afsca.be/laboratoria/labinfo/_documents/LABINFO_E_18-11-2019.pdf Abstract: In the last few years, migration of mineral oil from packaging materials into various foods has been reported (Vollmer et al. 2011; EFSA CONTAM Panel 2012; Foodwatch 2015). However, ...
Determinants of unit nonresponse in multi-mode data collection: A multilevel analysis.
poor perceived health. Higher odds of nonresponse were found for interviews done in the last quarters of the survey-year. Regarding interviewer characteristics, only the total number of interviews ...
Open Lab Application for the Characterization of Nanomaterials by Transmission Electron Microscopy
dedicated infrastructures remain limited to specialized research institutions. Over the last years the National Reference Laboratory for Nanomaterials in Food of Sciensano (Belgium) has acquired high level ...
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: ...
RNA-based drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Testing (DST) of M. tuberculosis (Mtb), multiple DNA-based methods were successfully introduced over the last years. Although these are fast and sensitive, they (a) are based on ...
Identification of Flavouring Substances of Genotoxic Concern Present in E-Cigarette Refills
Vanhaecke,T. Source: EUROTOX 2018, Toxicology Letters, Brussels, Belgium (2018) Keywords: e-cigarettes flavourings genotoxicity Abstract: Over the last years, the popularity of electronic e-cigarettes has ...