Résultats de la recherche - 49 results
Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
method. Finally, the results from the 79 samples from algal blooms, 75 drinking water samples, 35 algal-based food supplements, and 103 fruits and vegetable samples were combined with consumption data from ...
EBoD-FL. Guidelines for mapping the environmental burden of disease in Flanders
a summary measure that combines both mortality and morbidity. Given the extensive list of potential stressor-health outcome pairs, a set of priorities was defined in terms of environmental stressors and ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
It was proven that whole genome sequencing has a higher resolution than any combination of tests carried out so far. But the isolation is not always possible, and it is time-consuming. A new method ...
Evaluation of the types, efficient use and health risks of application of silver-based biocides to provide antimicrobial properties to face masks applied during the Covid-19 crisis
biocides in face masks using electron microscopy and EDX, combined with total silver measurement using ICP- MS or ICP- OES demonstrated the presence of varying amounts and different types of silver-based ...
In Silico Methods for Chromosome Damage.
damage can provide valuable information, especially when combined in a battery. Health Topics: Health and environment Santé et environnement Gezondheid en milieu Service: Évaluation des risques et de ...
Importance of anti-SARS-CoV-2 assay antigenic composition as revealed by the results of the Belgian external quality assessment (EQA) scheme.
targeting N protein were negative. The survey shows, when >6 months post-infection, assays targeting at least S1, and preferably S1 combined with S2, are the most sensitive. This finding accentuates the ...
Mapping abundance distributions of allergenic tree species in urbanized landscapes: A nation-wide study for Belgium using forest inventory and citizen science data
statistical regressions to model the relationships between abundance, the habitat suitability predicted by the SDM s, and additional vegetation cover covariates. The combination of forest inventory data with ...
Different Effects of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Health-related Quality of Life
and least confident. Students in the least active group were more likely to be member of a family from lower social class and have an overweight body image. The multilevel analyses for the (combined ...
4DEMON: Integrating 40 Years of Data on PCB and Metal Contamination in Marine Sediments of the Belgian Part of the North Sea
normalization approaches were applied and mutually compared: granulometric and nickel (Ni) normalization, next to two hybrid normalization methods combining aluminum (Al) and iron (Fe) normalization. The ...
Urban environment and mental health: the NAMED project, protocol for a mixed-method study
residential environment. Methods and analysis Following a mixed-method approach, this project combines quantitative and qualitative research. In the quantitative part, we analyse among the Brussels urban population ...