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A healthy lifestyle is positively associated with mental health and well-being and core markers in ageing
ideation. A lifestyle score integrating diet, physical activity, smoking status, alcohol consumption and BMI was created and validated. On a subset of 739 participants, leucocyte TL and mtDNAc were assessed ...
HPV and head and neck cancers: Towards early diagnosis and prevention.
Virus Res, Volume 14 (2022) Abstract: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide with an increasing trend of its incidence. Alcohol consumption, smoking, and ...
Use of near infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics for the classification of different Cannabis spp. samples found in Belgium
sold as “other tobacco to smoke”, either seized by Belgian authorities, bought on the Belgium market or voluntarily donated by sellers in order to analyze their samples. Cannabis samples were analyzed by ...
Estimating risk factor attributable burden – challenges and potential solutions when using the comparative risk assessment methodology
self-explanatory (e.g., zero smoking), but often more difficult to define and justify (e.g., ideal consumption of whole grains). CRA combine all relevant information and allow to estimate population attributable ...
Variation in smoking attributable all-cause mortality across municipalities in Belgium, 2018: application of a Bayesian approach for small area estimations
Bayesian hierarchical model Small area estimations Smoking attributable mortality Smoking prevalence Abstract: Background Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable mortality and morbidity ...
Development of vibrational spectroscopic methods combined with chemometrics for the detection and quantification of nicotine in e-liquids.
spectroscopy Nicotine RAMAN Abstract: E-cigarette have become a popular alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes. They are sold in vapeshops and online. However, in Belgium, it is prohibited to import or to buy ...
Environmental exposures and health behavior in association with mental health: a study design.
Public Health, Volume 78 (2020) Keywords: air pollution Belgium Biological aging Biomarkers Green space Mental health SMOKING Abstract: Background: Air pollution, green space and smoking are known to ...