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Validation of the measurement of Aluminium in food by ICP-OES after acid digestion
foodstuffs, it is necessary to accurately measure aluminium levels. In our laboratory, we have developed a method utilising inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP- OES) to analyse certain ...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of human population studies on the association between exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and left ventricular dysfunction (LVD).
included the general adult population, workers, young people, and the elderly. The risk of bias was assessed using the ROBINS-I tool at both study and item levels. RESULTS: The systematic review included 17 ...
NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE OF SARS-COV-2 IN WASTEWATER- How does WBE contribute to the global epidemiologic assessment in Belgium? (September 2020 – 2024)
in this work demonstrate that satisfying correlation levels were observed at the implementation and running stages of the present surveillance, which were used as a proof of concept for validating our ...
Recovering radiotherapy services in England: Our plan for action
Abstract: In recent months, operational performance in radiotherapy has declined with services reporting long delays for patients needing treatment. However, this generally does not receive the same level of ...
Desk research: Review of the existing framework to assess cross-sectoral and cross-border cooperation in preparedness and response to biological and chemical terror attacks
good practices at national level and 16 at European level, 5 lessons learned, 5 European legal acts and 4 guiding documents. Each of these elements should be directly linked to ...
The future burden of type 2 diabetes in Belgium: a microsimulation model.
highest increases in incidence and prevalence rates by 2030 are observed for women in general, and particularly among Flemish women reporting higher-education levels with a 114.5% and 44.6% increase in ...
Experimental accumulation and depuration kinetics and natural occurrence of microcystin-LR in basil (Ocimum basilicum L.).
basil leaves) were used for confirmation. The results showed an increase in the accumulated levels of MC- LR at higher exposure doses, with higher MC- LR levels in roots than in leaves for all the ...
Influenza like-illness surveillance using a Belgian sentinel network of nursing homes: results of October 2022 onwards
a proxy for NH residents. Throughout the year, weekly epidemiological/clinical data is collected on the number of ILI cases, ILI-related hospital admissions and deaths at NH level using an online ...
Thirty years of epidemiological surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Belgian hospitals: are we able to keep on lowering the curve?
initiated in 1994. Initially, participation in this surveillance was voluntary, but became mandatory in 2006. Methods Data, aggregated at hospital level, are collected retrospectively in the following year by ...
Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals in 2022: Results of ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
level. All patients present in the surveyed wards at 8 a.m. on the PPS day and not discharged at that time, were included. Modifications from the 2017 protocol included the incorporation of infection ...