Résultats de la recherche - 32 results
Variability in the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality by exposure assessment method and covariate adjustment: A census-based country-wide cohort study
by exposure assessment method and by adjustment for geographic subdivisions. Methods We used the Belgian 2001 census linked to population and mortality register including nearly 5.5 million adults aged ...
Residential Exposure to Urban Trees and Medication Sales for Mood Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease in Brussels, Belgium: An Ecological Study
calculated from reimbursement information on medication prescribed to adults (19–64 years of age). The medication sales data were provided by sex at the census tract level. Generalized log-linear models were ...
What triggers selective daily mobility among older adults? A study comparing trip and environmental characteristics between observed path and shortest path.
older adults (aged 67-94) living in urban and suburban areas of Luxembourg, was measured through detour percentage between their observed GPS-based paths and their shortest paths. Multilevel negative ...
Exposure to green space and pollen allergy symptom severity: A case-crossover study in Belgium
pollen allergy patients are complex and best studied in spatio-temporal detail. Methods: We tracked 144 adults sensitized to Betulaceae pollen during the tree pollen season (January-May) of 2017 and 2018 ...
Residing in urban areas with higher green space is associated with lower mortality risk: A census-based cohort study with ten years of follow-up
and non-accidental and cardio-respiratory mortality. Methods We linked the Belgian 2001 census to population and mortality register follow-up data (2001–2011) among adults aged 30 years and older ...
Exploring how the urban neighborhood environment influences mental well-being using walking interviews
This qualitative study explores neighborhood factors and their interactions in relation to mental well-being. Individual semi-structured walking interviews were conducted with 28 adults living in the ...
Scientific opinion on the Acute health risks related to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides in raw apricot kernels and products derived from raw apricot kernels
p.4424- (47 pp) (2016) Keywords: acute toxicity Adult adults an blood Body weight Body-weight cancer CONSUMPTION cyanogenic glycosides,cyanide,apricot kernels,acute reference dose data differences exposure ...
Human biomonitoring of heavy metals in the vicinity of non-ferrous metal plants in Ath, Belgium.
and cobalt in blood and/or urine of children and adults in three age groups: (i) children aged 2.5 to 6 years ( = 98), (ii) children aged 7 to 11 years ( = 74), and (iii) adults aged 40 to 60 years ...
Cadmium exposure in the population: from health risks to strategies of prevention.
and recent studies focusing on bone effects show increased risk of osteoporosis even at urinary Cd below 1 μg Cd/g creatinine. The non-smoking adult population has urinary Cd concentrations close to or ...
Thyroid cancer incidence near nuclear sites in Belgium: An ecological study at small geographical level.
Bladel, Lodewijk; An Van Nieuwenhuyse; Christiane Vleminckx Source: Int J Cancer, Volume 146, Issue 11 (2020) Keywords: ADOLESCENT Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Belgium Child Child, Preschool environmental ...