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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.019 Prenatal exposure to environmental contaminants and body composition at age 7–9 years
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.07.008 Dietary exposure to dioxin-like compounds in three age groups: Results from the Flemish environment and health study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2009.05.002 Organochlorine and heavy metals in newborns: Results from the Flemish Environment and Health Survey (FLEHS 2002–2006)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2002.tb01018.x Prevalence of streptomycin-resistance genes in bacterial populations in European habitats
MEIC Evaluation of Acute Systemic Toxicity: Part VI. The Prediction of Human Toxicity by Rodent LD50 Values and Results From 61 In Vitro Methods.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.36780 Major congenital anomalies in babies born with Down syndrome: A EUROCAT population‐based registry study
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007393405966 Prevalence of hepatitis A, B and C in the Flemish population
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2015.05.043 Use of asthma medication during pregnancy and risk of specific congenital anomalies: A European case-malformed control study
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03638.x A new approach to study exhaled proteins as potential biomarkers for asthma
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063208 Decreased Mitochondrial DNA Content in Association with Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in House Dust during Wintertime: From a Population Enquiry to Cell Culture
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2011.06.055 False-positive screening results in the European randomized study of screening for prostate cancer
https://doi.org/10.1080/02770900802339734 A Longitudinal Analysis on the Association Between Antibiotic Use, Intestinal Microflora, and Wheezing During the First Year of Life
https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310051062 Croup and recurrent croup: their association with asthma and allergy
https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9087283 Health effects of environmental exposure to cadmium: objectives, design and organization of the cadmibel study: a cross-sectional morbidity study carried out in Belgium from 1985 to 1989
https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.12146 Trends in the prevalence, risk and pregnancy outcome of multiple births with congenital anomaly: a registry‐based study in 14 European countries 1984–2007
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2014.06.007 Trace metals in blood and urine of newborn/mother pairs, adolescents and adults of the Flemish population (2007–2011)
https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddt645 X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: very long-chain fatty acid metabolism is severely impaired in monocytes but not in lymphocytes
https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1994.9937479 Epidemiological Study of the Effects of Carbon Disulfide on Male Sexuality and Reproduction
https://doi.org/10.1016/0887-2333(89)90004-0 Cytotoxicity testing of 114 compounds by the determination of the protein content in Hep G2 cell cultures
https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2010.2 Internal exposure to pollutants and sexual maturation in Flemish adolescents
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2010.09.034 Lead-time in the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03403.x Suicide and attempted suicide reported by general practitioners in Belgium, 1990–1991
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1984.tb02971.x A Comparative Study of 14 Strains of Naegleria australiensis Demonstrates the Existence of a Highly Virulent Subspecies: N. australiensis italica n. spp.1
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.05.022 Neonatal exposure to environmental pollutants and placental mitochondrial DNA content: A multi-pollutant approach
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.07.020 Determinants of bisphenol A and phthalate metabolites in urine of Flemish adolescents
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069x-7-26 Pollutant effects on genotoxic parameters and tumor-associated protein levels in adults: a cross sectional study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.01.012 Human biomonitoring pilot study DEMOCOPHES in Germany: Contribution to a harmonized European approach
https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2920797 Pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase from the amoeba Naegleria fowleri, an AMP-sensitive enzyme
https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4274(84)90023-7 Environmental pollution by cadmium and cadmium body burden: An autopsy study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.06.035 Recent Decrease in the Prevalence of Congenital Heart Defects in Europe
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.05.023 Mothers and children are related, even in exposure to chemicals present in common consumer products
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.028 Hair mercury and urinary cadmium levels in Belgian children and their mothers within the framework of the COPHES/DEMOCOPHES projects
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3437-z Endocrine actions of pesticides measured in the Flemish environment and health studies (FLEHS I and II)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.017 Investigating unmetabolized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in adolescents' urine as biomarkers of environmental exposure
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.05.010 Epidemiology of septo-optic dysplasia with focus on prevalence and maternal age – A EUROCAT study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116724 Biomarkers of phthalates and alternative plasticizers in the Flemish Environment and Health Study (FLEHS IV): Time trends and exposure assessment
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.10.012 Environmental exposure to human carcinogens in teenagers and the association with DNA damage
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110567 Determinants of exposure levels of bisphenols in flemish adolescents
https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp370 Sex-Specific Associations between Particulate Matter Exposure and Gene Expression in Independent Discovery and Validation Cohorts of Middle-Aged Men and Women
https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-316733 Epidemiology of congenital cerebral anomalies in Europe: a multicentre, population-based EUROCAT study
https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-0941 Absolute Effect of Prostate Cancer Screening: Balance of Benefits and Harms by Center within the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer Screening
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2013.03.086 Determination of PCDD/Fs, PBDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in human milk from mothers residing in the rural areas in Flanders, using the CALUX bioassay and GC-HRMS
https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12401 Gastroschisis in Europe – A Case‐malformed‐Control Study of Medication and Maternal Illness during Pregnancy as Risk Factors
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.05.022 Monitoring chlorinated persistent organic pollutants in adolescents in Flanders (Belgium): Concentrations, trends and dose–effect relationships (FLEHS II)
https://doi.org/10.1159/000501238 Epidemiology of Dandy-Walker Malformation in Europe: A EUROCAT Population-Based Registry Study
https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.01.04.00154-en HELICS: a European project to standardise the surveillance of hospital acquired infection, 1994-1995
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107016 Higher surrounding green space is associated with better attention in Flemish adolescents
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092677 Expression of the sFLT1 Gene in Cord Blood Cells Is Associated to Maternal Arsenic Exposure and Decreased Birth Weight
https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14219 SARS‐CoV‐2 surveillance in Norway rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) from Antwerp sewer system, Belgium
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.12.003 Communication in a Human biomonitoring study: Focus group work, public engagement and lessons learnt in 17 European countries
https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.31102 Summary statement on screening for prostate cancer in Europe
https://doi.org/10.1002/em.21774 Gender‐specific transcriptomic response to environmental exposure in flemish adults
https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/gex034 The comet assay in human biomonitoring: cryopreservation of whole blood and comparison with isolated mononuclear cells
https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2010.187 Alien macrocrustaceans in freshwater ecosystems in the eastern part of Flanders (Belgium)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.028 A pilot study on the feasibility of European harmonized human biomonitoring: Strategies towards a common approach, challenges and opportunities
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.10.008 Social distribution of internal exposure to environmental pollution in Flemish adolescents
https://doi.org/10.21037/atm.2017.03.32 Oxidative and nitrosative stress during pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury: from the lab to the OR
https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11401 Transcriptome Analysis in Peripheral Blood of Humans Exposed to Environmental Carcinogens: A Promising New Biomarker in Environmental Health Studies
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0012-y Detection and investigation of temporal clusters of congenital anomaly in Europe: seven years of experience of the EUROCAT surveillance system
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.10.001 Trace metal concentrations measured in blood and urine of adolescents in Flanders, Belgium: Reference population and case studies Genk-Zuid and Menen
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.06.004 Health effects in the Flemish population in relation to low levels of mercury exposure: From organ to transcriptome level
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2010.09.033 Change of tumour characteristics and treatment over time in both arms of the European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256535 Linking a European cohort of children born with congenital anomalies to vital statistics and mortality records: A EUROlinkCAT study
https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.2152 Maternal age and the prevalence of congenital heart defects in Europe, 1995–2015: A register‐based study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2023.03.031 Relationship Between Baseline Prostate-specific Antigen on Cancer Detection and Prostate Cancer Death: Long-term Follow-up from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-017-0292-7 Transcriptome-wide analyses indicate mitochondrial responses to particulate air pollution exposure
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-018-0484-1 GLI2 promoter hypermethylation in saliva of children with a respiratory allergy
https://doi.org/10.1159/000379739 Primary Prevention of Congenital Anomalies: Recommendable, Feasible and Achievable
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02533-2 Neurobehavioural and cognitive effects of prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds in three year old children
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1634863 Eurosentinel: Development of an International Sentinel Network of General Practitioners
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.646568 Vitamin Nature: How Coronavirus Disease 2019 Has Highlighted Factors Contributing to the Frequency of Nature Visits in Flanders, Belgium
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10060313 Improving the Risk Assessment of Pesticides through the Integration of Human Biomonitoring and Food Monitoring Data: A Case Study for Chlorpyrifos
https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-483x(83)90082-3 Lack of mutagenic activity of dimethylformamide
https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.30192 Estimating the harms and benefits of prostate cancer screening as used in common practice versus recommended good practice: A microsimulation screening analysis
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014972 Insulin analogues use in pregnancy among women with pregestational diabetes mellitus and risk of congenital anomaly: a retrospective population-based cohort study
https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.1686 Maternal risk factors for theVACTERLassociation: AEUROCATcase–control study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2009.05.002 Hormone levels and sexual development in Flemish adolescents residing in areas differing in pollution pressure
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111595 Long-term residential exposure to air pollution is associated with hair cortisol concentration and differential leucocyte count in Flemish adolescent boys
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9100245 Urinary Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolites Are Associated with Biomarkers of Chronic Endocrine Stress, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation in Adolescents: FLEHS-4 (2016–2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113895 Glyphosate and AMPA exposure in relation to markers of biological aging in an adult population-based study
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00731-6 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and immune system-related diseases: results from the Flemish Environment and Health Study (FLEHS) 2008–2014
https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.378 Impact of cause of death adjudication on the results of the European prostate cancer screening trial
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-1157(83)80008-0 The potency of bovine PPD tuberculins in guinea-pigs and in tuberculous cattle
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2013.12.055 A Different Method of Evaluation of the ERSPC Trial Confirms That Prostate-specific Antigen Testing Has a Significant Impact on Prostate Cancer Mortality
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reprotox.2021.01.006 Macrolide and lincosamide antibiotic exposure in the first trimester of pregnancy and risk of congenital anomaly: A European case-control study
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009196 2-aminobenzimidazoles for leishmaniasis: From initial hit discovery to in vivo profiling
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.114039 Higher proportion of agricultural land use around the residence is associated with higher urinary concentrations of AMPA, a glyphosate metabolite
https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12884 Temporal and geographical variations in survival of children born with congenital anomalies in Europe: A multi‐registry cohort study
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.63107 Amniotic band syndrome and limb body wall complex in Europe 1980–2019
https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02701-22 Antibiotic Tolerance Indicative of Persistence Is Pervasive among Clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates and Shows Strong Condition Dependence
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11030241 Exposure to Phthalates in European Children, Adolescents and Adults since 2005: A Harmonized Approach Based on Existing HBM Data in the HBM4EU Initiative
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-023-01542-5 Analysis of DNA methylation at birth and in childhood reveals changes associated with season of birth and latitude
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-023-01502-w Surveillance of multiple congenital anomalies; searching for new associations
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108912 Exposure to bisphenol A in European women from 2007 to 2014 using human biomonitoring data – The European Joint Programme HBM4EU
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9040069 Participant Experiences in a Human Biomonitoring Study: Follow-Up Interviews with Participants of the Flemish Environment and Health Study
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57276-z Breastfeeding predicts blood mitochondrial DNA content in adolescents
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2020.03.06 Editorial Comment: A 16-yr Follow-up of the European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172426 Urinary phthalate/DINCH metabolites associations with kisspeptin and reproductive hormones in teenagers: A cross-sectional study from the HBM4EU aligned studies
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108931 Urinary concentrations of phthalate/DINCH metabolites and body mass index among European children and adolescents in the HBM4EU Aligned Studies: A cross-sectional multi-country study
https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4832-8312-8.50163-6 ABSORPTION DU 226Ra PAR LES PLANTES CULTIVÉES