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Absolute Effect of Prostate Cancer Screening: Balance of Benefits and Harms by Center within the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer Screening.

scientific article published on 19 August 2015

Association of thyroid hormone concentrations with levels of organochlorine compounds in cord blood of neonates

scientific article

Beta-Blocker Use in Pregnancy and Risk of Specific Congenital Anomalies: A European Case-Malformed Control Study

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

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

Blood Pressure and Same-Day Exposure to Air Pollution at School: Associations with Nano-Sized to Coarse PM in Children

scientific article

Blood gene expression of candidate genes in environmental carcinogenesis in association with particulate air pollution ⬇️

scholarly article

Breastfeeding predicts blood mitochondrial DNA content in adolescents

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

Characterization of the peripheral blood transcriptome in a repeated measures design using a panel of healthy individuals

scientific article

Combined Effects of Prenatal Exposures to Environmental Chemicals on Birth Weight

scientific article (publication date: 12 May 2016)

Concept of the Flemish human biomonitoring programme.

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

Decreased mitochondrial DNA content in association with exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in house dust during wintertime: from a population enquiry to cell culture

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Detection and investigation of temporal clusters of congenital anomaly in Europe: seven years of experience of the EUROCAT surveillance system

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

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

Differences in HPRT mutant frequency among middle-aged Flemish women in association with area of residence and blood lead levels

scientific article published in January 2004

Differences in tumor-associated protein levels among middle-age Flemish women in association with area of residence and exposure to pollutants

scientific article

EUROmediCAT signal detection: a systematic method for identifying potential teratogenic medication

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

EUROmediCAT signal detection: an evaluation of selected congenital anomaly-medication associations

scientific article (publication date: October 2016)

Early intestinal Bacteroides fragilis colonisation and development of asthma

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 20 October 2016

Epidemiology of Dandy-Walker Malformation in Europe: A EUROCAT Population-Based Registry Study

scientific article published on 12 July 2019

Epidemiology of congenital cerebral anomalies in Europe: a multicentre, population-based EUROCAT study

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

Epidemiology of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in Europe: a register-based study.

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Epidemiology of hypospadias in Europe: a registry-based study

scientific article

Epidemiology of multiple congenital anomalies in Europe: a EUROCAT population-based registry study

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Epidemiology of septo-optic dysplasia with focus on prevalence and maternal age – A EUROCAT study

scholarly article by Ester Garne et al published September 2018 in European Journal of Medical Genetics

Epidemiology of small intestinal atresia in Europe: a register-based study

scholarly article by Kate E Best et al published 29 August 2012 in Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Estimating Global Burden of Disease due to congenital anomaly: an analysis of European data

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Exploring the potential impact of rotavirus vaccination on work absenteeism among female administrative personnel of the City of Antwerp through a retrospective database analysis

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

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

Gastroschisis in Europe - A Case-malformed-Control Study of Medication and Maternal Illness during Pregnancy as Risk Factors

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

Gender-specific transcriptomic response to environmental exposure in Flemish adults

scientific article

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

Hirschsprung's disease prevalence in Europe: a register based study

scientific article

Holt Oram syndrome: a registry-based study in Europe

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

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Impact of cause of death adjudication on the results of the European prostate cancer screening trial.

scientific article published on 17 November 2016

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

Intestinal microflora and body mass index during the first three years of life: an observational study

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

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Investigating unmetabolized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in adolescents' urine as biomarkers of environmental exposure.

scientific article published on 19 April 2016

Lamotrigine use in pregnancy and risk of orofacial cleft and other congenital anomalies

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study

scientific article

Major congenital anomalies in babies born with Down syndrome: A EUROCAT population-based registry study

article by Joan K. Morris et al published 24 September 2014 in American Journal of Medical Genetics

Maternal risk factors for the VACTERL association: A EUROCAT case-control study

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

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

Metastatic Prostate Cancer Incidence and Prostate-specific Antigen Testing: New Insights from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer

scientific article published on 16 March 2015

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

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

scholarly article by Michal Kicinski et al published May 2015 in Neurotoxicology and Teratology

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

Opening the research agenda for selection of hot spots for human biomonitoring research in Belgium: a participatory research project

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 18 June 2009

Paper 6: EUROCAT member registries: organization and activities

scientific article published on 04 March 2011

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

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Persistent organochlorine pollutants in human serum of 50-65 years old women in the Flanders Environmental and Health Study (FLEHS). Part 2: Correlations among PCBs, PCDD/PCDFs and the use of predictive markers

scientific article published on September 2002

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

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

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

scientific article published on 3 June 2008

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

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Prevalence of at-risk genotypes for genotoxic effects decreases with age in a randomly selected population in Flanders: a cross sectional study

scientific article

Prevalence of microcephaly in Europe: population based study

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Prevalence of valproate syndrome in Europe from 2005 to 2014: A registry based multi-centre study

Primary prevention of congenital anomalies: recommendable, feasible and achievable

scientific article published on 12 March 2015

Prostate cancer mortality reduction by prostate-specific antigen-based screening adjusted for nonattendance and contamination in the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)

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Prostate-cancer mortality at 11 years of follow-up

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Quality-of-life effects of prostate-specific antigen screening.

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Rare chromosome abnormalities, prevalence and prenatal diagnosis rates from population-based congenital anomaly registers in Europe

scientific article published on 11 January 2012

Recent decrease in the prevalence of congenital heart defects in Europe

scientific article published on 24 July 2012

Screening and prostate cancer mortality: results of the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) at 13 years of follow-up.

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Screening and prostate-cancer mortality in a randomized European study

scientific article (publication date: 26 March 2009)

Seasonality of congenital anomalies in Europe.

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant use in first trimester pregnancy and risk of specific congenital anomalies: a European register-based study

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Serum dioxin-like activity is associated with reproductive parameters in young men from the general Flemish population

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

scientific article published on 25 November 2011

Spectrum of congenital anomalies among VACTERL cases: a EUROCAT population-based study

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

Spectrum of congenital anomalies in pregnancies with pregestational diabetes

article by Ester Garne et al published 28 February 2012 in Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Survey of informed consent for registration of congenital anomalies in Europe

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The Association of H1N1 Pandemic Influenza with Congenital Anomaly Prevalence in Europe: An Ecological Time Series Study.

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The changing epidemiology of Ebstein's anomaly and its relationship with maternal mental health conditions: a European registry-based study

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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

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 analysis in peripheral blood of humans exposed to environmental carcinogens: a promising new biomarker in environmental health studies.

scientific article published on 23 June 2008

Trends in congenital anomalies in Europe from 1980 to 2012.

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Use of asthma medication during pregnancy and risk of specific congenital anomalies: A European case-malformed control study

scientific article published on 25 July 2015

Use of hierarchical models to analyze European trends in congenital anomaly prevalence

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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

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