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Human absorption of silver ENM: through particles or ions?
https://brussels.setac.org/ Keywords: Absorption Nanoparticles Silver Abstract: One of the many questions in the human risk assessment of metallic engineered nanomaterials (ENM) such as silver ENM is whether these ENM dissolve ...
Is a Health Interview Survey an appropriate tool to assess domestic violence?
Studying item non-response on the question on domestic violence and its association with socio-demographic and health characteristics compared with victims of domestic violence can contribute to this. ...
Belgian Wildlife as Potential Zoonotic Reservoir of Hepatitis E Virus.
determine in which situation deer can serve as reservoir. These results also raise the question of the dynamics of HEV infection between wild fauna, domestic pigs and humans. Health Topics: Health and ...
Zona pellucida gene mRNA expression in human oocytes is related to oocyte maturity, zona inner layer retardance and fertilization competence.
p.292-303 (2017) Abstract: STUDY QUESTION: Do the mRNA expression levels of zona pellucida (ZP) genes, ZP1, 2, 3 and 4 in oocyte and cumulus cells (CC) reveal relevant information on the oocyte? SUMMARY ...
The Assessment of African Swine Fever Virus Risk to Belgium Early 2014, using the Quick and Semiquantitative Pandora Screening Protocol.
posed by ASF to Belgium early 2014. A set of integrated risk scores was calculated within the Pandora framework. Experts scored the questions and uncertainty levels in the Pandora modules individually, ...
The fate of buccal bone around dental implants. A 12-month postloading follow-up study.
(one stage vs. two stages) did not influence the rate of bone resorption (P = 0.23). CONCLUSION: Within the limitations of this study, one might question the necessity of having a thick bone plate at the ...
Harmonising summary measures of population health using global survey instruments.
can best be obtained from ‘global’ survey measures, which provide a snapshot of the health situation using 1 or a few survey questions. We claim that 2 global measures of health should be pursued for ...
Impact of Question Wording on the Measurement of Activity Limitation: Evidence From a Randomized Test in France.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI), a single question measuring disability, had been introduced in various European surveys since 2004. The complexity of its wording has been ...
Nicotine Dependence and Urinary Nicotine, Cotinine and Hydroxycotinine Levels in Daily Smokers.
questions, sex, age, and the cotinine concentration, accounted for 45% of the variance of CPD. CONCLUSIONS: There are significant relationships between urinary levels of nicotine, cotinine, and hydroxycotinine ...
In vitro Dermal Absorption of Hydroquinone: Protocol Validation and Applicability on Illegal Skin-Whitening Cosmetics.
skin-whitening properties. The question arises as to whether the quantities of hydroquinone used become systemically available and may cause damage to human health. Dermal absorption studies can provide this ...