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List of works by Elly Den Hond

A battery of DNA effect biomarkers to evaluate environmental exposure of Flemish adolescents

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

A systematic approach for designing a HBM pilot study for Europe

scientific article published on 8 July 2013

An epidemiological re-appraisal of the association between blood pressure and blood lead: a meta-analysis.

scientific article published in February 2002

Antihypertensive treatment based on home or office blood pressure--the THOP trial

scientific article

Biobank@VITO: Biobanking the General Population in Flanders

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Biomarkers of human exposure to personal care products: results from the Flemish Environment and Health Study (FLEHS 2007-2011).

scientific article published on 20 June 2013

Biomonitoring and biomarkers to unravel the risks from prenatal environmental exposures for later health outcomes.

scientific article published on 04 May 2011

Blood pressure and blood selenium: a cross-sectional and longitudinal population study

scientific article published on 22 January 2007

Breastfeeding predicts blood mitochondrial DNA content in adolescents

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

Cadmium and children: exposure and health effects

scientific article published on October 2006

Case study: Possible differences in phthalates exposure among the Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak populations identified based on the DEMOCOPHES pilot study results

scientific article published on December 2014

Combined Effects of Prenatal Exposures to Environmental Chemicals on Birth Weight

scientific article (publication date: 12 May 2016)

Communication in a Human biomonitoring study: Focus group work, public engagement and lessons learnt in 17 European countries

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Concept of the Flemish human biomonitoring programme.

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

Determinants of bisphenol A and phthalate metabolites in urine of Flemish adolescents

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

Determinants of exposure levels of bisphenols in Flemish adolescents

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Determinants of polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons in serum in three age classes--Methodological implications for human biomonitoring

scientific article published on 10 March 2009

Dietary exposure to dioxin-like compounds in three age groups: results from the Flemish environment and health study

scientific article published on 27 August 2007

Early-life exposure to multiple persistent organic pollutants and metals and birth weight: Pooled analysis in four Flemish birth cohorts

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Endocrine disruptors and abnormalities of pubertal development

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Environmental exposure to human carcinogens in teenagers and the association with DNA damage.

scientific article published on 20 October 2016

Exposure determinants of cadmium in European mothers and their children

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Exposure to brominated flame retardants, perfluorinated compounds, phthalates and phenols in European birth cohorts: ENRIECO evaluation, first human biomonitoring results, and recommendations

scientific article published on 12 July 2012

Exposure to environmental pollution in the general Flemish population: results of the second Flemish environment and health study

scholarly article

Expression of the sFLT1 gene in cord blood cells is associated to maternal arsenic exposure and decreased birth weight

scientific article

First steps toward harmonized human biomonitoring in Europe: demonstration project to perform human biomonitoring on a European scale

scientific article

Fish consumption patterns and hair mercury levels in children and their mothers in 17 EU countries.

scientific article published on 6 February 2015

Gender-specific transcriptomic response to environmental exposure in Flemish adults

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Hair mercury and urinary cadmium levels in Belgian children and their mothers within the framework of the COPHES/DEMOCOPHES projects

scientific article published on 10 December 2013

Health effects in the Flemish population in relation to low levels of mercury exposure: from organ to transcriptome level

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

Host and environmental determinants of polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons in serum of adolescents

scientific article

Human biomonitoring from an environmental justice perspective: supporting study participation of women of Turkish and Moroccan descent

scientific article

Human biomonitoring of emerging pollutants through non-invasive matrices: state of the art and future potential

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

Human biomonitoring pilot study DEMOCOPHES in Germany: Contribution to a harmonized European approach

scientific article

Human exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and fertility: A case-control study in male subfertility patients.

scientific article published on 17 August 2015

Hypertension and low-level lead exposure: a scientific issue or a matter of faith?

scientific article published on 28 July 2003

Identification of PM10 characteristics involved in cellular responses in human bronchial epithelial cells (Beas-2B).

scientific article published on 10 May 2016

Immunologic biomarkers in relation to exposure markers of PCBs and dioxins in Flemish adolescents (Belgium)

scientific article

Internal exposure to organochlorine pollutants and cadmium and self-reported health status: a prospective study.

scientific article published on 4 December 2014

Internal exposure to pollutants and body size in Flemish adolescents and adults: associations and dose-response relationships

scientific article published on 24 February 2010

Internal exposure to pollutants and sex hormone levels in Flemish male adolescents in a cross-sectional study: associations and dose-response relationships

scientific article published on 16 December 2009

Internal exposure to pollutants and sexual maturation in Flemish adolescents.

scientific article published on 3 March 2010

Intrauterine exposure to environmental pollutants and body mass index during the first 3 years of life

scientific article

Isolated systolic hypertension and the risk of vascular disease.

scientific article

Lessons learnt on recruitment and fieldwork from a pilot European human biomonitoring survey

scientific article published on 31 October 2014

Mercury analysis in hair: Comparability and quality assessment within the transnational COPHES/DEMOCOPHES project

scientific article published on 4 December 2014

Mercury exposure in Ireland: results of the DEMOCOPHES human biomonitoring study

scientific article

Metabolic targets of endocrine disrupting chemicals assessed by cord blood transcriptome profiling

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Metals, hormones and sexual maturation in Flemish adolescents in three cross-sectional studies (2002-2015).

scientific article

Monitoring chlorinated persistent organic pollutants in adolescents in Flanders (Belgium): concentrations, trends and dose-effect relationships (FLEHS II).

scientific article published on 18 June 2014

Mothers and children are related, even in exposure to chemicals present in common consumer products

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Neurobehavioral function and low-level exposure to brominated flame retardants in adolescents: a cross-sectional study.

scientific article

Neurobehavioral function and low-level metal exposure in adolescents

scientific article published on 26 September 2014

Neurobehavioral function and low-level metal exposure in adolescents: suggestive evidence of an association between blood copper and attention

scholarly article

Neurobehavioral performance in adolescents is inversely associated with traffic exposure

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Organochlorine and heavy metals in newborns: results from the Flemish Environment and Health Survey (FLEHS 2002-2006).

scientific article published on 18 June 2009

PASSCLAIM - Diet-related cardiovascular disease

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Perfluorinated substances in the Flemish population (Belgium): Levels and determinants of variability in exposure

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Peripheral blood collection: the first step towards gene expression profiling

scientific article

Phthalate-induced oxidative stress and association with asthma-related airway inflammation in adolescents

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

Pilot study testing a European human biomonitoring framework for biomarkers of chemical exposure in children and their mothers: experiences in the UK.

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

Placental mtDNA content and environmental exposure: a multipollutant approach

scholarly article

Policy recommendations and cost implications for a more sustainable framework for European human biomonitoring surveys

scientific article published on 16 December 2014

Pollutant effects on genotoxic parameters and tumor-associated protein levels in adults: a cross sectional study.

scientific article published on 3 June 2008

Population variation in biomonitoring data for persistent organic pollutants (POPs): an examination of multiple population-based datasets for application to Australian pooled biomonitoring data

scientific article

Prenatal exposure to environmental contaminants and body composition at age 7-9 years

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, smoking and overweight in older Belgian adolescents.

scientific article published in December 2004

Prevalence, pathophysiology and treatment of isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly

scientific article published in September 2004

Self-measurement of blood pressure at home in the management of hypertension

scientific article

Sex-Specific Associations between Particulate Matter Exposure and Gene Expression in Independent Discovery and Validation Cohorts of Middle-Aged Men and Women.

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

Sexual maturation in relation to polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons: Sharpe and Skakkebaek's hypothesis revisited

scientific article

Social distribution of internal exposure to environmental pollution in Flemish adolescents.

scientific article published on 25 November 2011

The Danish contribution to the European DEMOCOPHES project: A description of cadmium, cotinine and mercury levels in Danish mother-child pairs and the perspectives of supplementary sampling and measurements.

scientific article published on 14 October 2014

The European COPHES/DEMOCOPHES project: towards transnational comparability and reliability of human biomonitoring results

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The costs of breast cancer prior to and following diagnosis

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The relation between the estimated dietary intake of PCDD/Fs and levels in blood in a Flemish population (50-65 years).

scientific article published on 3 July 2008

The relationship between blood pressure and blood lead in NHANES III

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Three cycles of human biomonitoring in Flanders - Time trends observed in the Flemish Environment and Health Study

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Trace metal concentrations measured in blood and urine of adolescents in Flanders, Belgium: reference population and case studies Genk-Zuid and Menen

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Trace metals in blood and urine of newborn/mother pairs, adolescents and adults of the Flemish population (2007-2011).

scientific article published on 5 July 2014

Transcriptome-wide analyses indicate mitochondrial responses to particulate air pollution exposure

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

Urinary BPA measurements in children and mothers from six European member states: Overall results and determinants of exposure.

scientific article published on 13 October 2014

Urinary cotinine levels and environmental tobacco smoke in mothers and children of Romania, Portugal and Poland within the European human biomonitoring pilot study.

scientific article published on April 2015

Urinary t,t-muconic acid as a proxy-biomarker of car exhaust and neurobehavioral performance in 15-year olds.

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Validity of parentally reported versus measured weight, length and waist in 7- to 9-year-old children for use in follow-up studies

scientific article published on 5 February 2014