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A Tiered Approach for Assessing Individual and Combined Risk of Pyrethroids Using Human Biomonitoring Data

scientific article published in 2022

A cell-based in vitro alternative to identify skin sensitizers by gene expression

scientific article published on 4 April 2008

A new approach to study exhaled proteins as potential biomarkers for asthma

scientific article published on November 24, 2010

A proposal for assessing study quality: Biomonitoring, Environmental Epidemiology, and Short-lived Chemicals (BEES-C) instrument

scientific article published in December 2014

A review on the practical application of human biomonitoring in integrated environmental health impact assessment

scientific article published on February 2009

A roadmap for the development of alternative (non-animal) methods for systemic toxicity testing - t4 report*.

scientific article published on January 2012

A strategy to validate a selection of human effect biomarkers using adverse outcome pathways: Proof of concept for phthalates and reproductive effects

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

A systematic approach for designing a HBM pilot study for Europe

scientific article published on 8 July 2013

Airway oxidative stress and inflammation markers in exhaled breath from children are linked with exposure to black carbon.

scientific article published on 20 September 2014

Alternative (non-animal) methods for cosmetics testing: current status and future prospects-2010.

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Applicability of non-invasively collected matrices for human biomonitoring

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Application of non-invasive biomarkers in a birth cohort follow-up in relation to respiratory health outcome

scientific article published on 21 July 2010

Assessment of chemical skin-sensitizing potency by an in vitro assay based on human dendritic cells

scientific article published on 7 April 2010

Association between prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and asthma in 5-year-old children in the Odense Child Cohort

scientific article published on 15 November 2019

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

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Associations of maternal exposure to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides and the herbicide 2,4-D with birth outcomes and anogenital distance at 3 months in the Odense Child Cohort

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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

Birth weight and prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE): a meta-analysis within 12 European Birth Cohorts

scientific article published on 13 October 2011

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

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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

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

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Chemical Sensitization and Allergotoxicology

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Children's exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers

scientific article published on October 2006

Cohort Profile: Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) Consortium

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

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

Comparison of Five In Vitro Digestion Models To Study the Bioaccessibility of Soil Contaminants

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Concept of the Flemish human biomonitoring programme.

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

Contamination of free-range chicken eggs with dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls

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Cord blood leptin and insulin levels in association with mitochondrial DNA content

scientific article published on 13 August 2018

Culture of hematopoietic stem cells purified from murine bone marrow

scientific article published on April 1, 1991

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)

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

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

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

scientific article published on 10 March 2009

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

scientific article published on 06 April 2013

Development of Policy Relevant Human Biomonitoring Indicators for Chemical Exposure in the European Population

scientific article published on 21 September 2018

Development of a GIS-based indicator for environmental pesticide exposure and its application to a Belgian case-control study on bladder cancer

scientific article published on 2 September 2008

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

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Distinct genotype-dependent differences in transcriptome responses in humans exposed to environmental carcinogens

scientific article published on August 2015

Endocrine disruptors and abnormalities of pubertal development

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Exhaled nitric oxide and nasal tryptase are associated with wheeze, rhinitis and nasal allergy in primary school children.

scientific article published on 14 July 2014

Exposure determinants of cadmium in European mothers and their children

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Exposure to Environmental Pollutants and Their Association with Biomarkers of Aging: A Multipollutant Approach

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Exposure to multiple environmental agents and their effect

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

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

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

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Fish Intake in Pregnancy and Child Growth: A Pooled Analysis of 15 European and US Birth Cohorts

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Fish and seafood consumption during pregnancy and the risk of asthma and allergic rhinitis in childhood: a pooled analysis of 18 European and US birth cohorts

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

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

scientific article published on 6 February 2015

Fourth WHO-coordinated survey of human milk for persistent organic pollutants (POPs): Belgian results

scientific article published on 20 August 2008

Framework for the development and application of environmental biological monitoring guidance values

scientific article published on 7 June 2012

Functionality and specificity of gene markers for skin sensitization in dendritic cells

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Gender-specific transcriptomic response to environmental exposure in Flemish adults

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Gene expressions changes in bronchial epithelial cells: markers for respiratory sensitizers and exploration of the NRF2 pathway

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Gene markers in dendritic cells unravel pieces of the skin sensitization puzzle

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Gene profiles of THP-1 macrophages after in vitro exposure to respiratory (non-)sensitizing chemicals: identification of discriminating genetic markers and pathway analysis

scientific article published on 13 June 2009

Gene profiles of a human alveolar epithelial cell line after in vitro exposure to respiratory (non-)sensitizing chemicals: identification of discriminating genetic markers and pathway analysis

scientific article published on 06 December 2008

Gene profiles of a human bronchial epithelial cell line after in vitro exposure to respiratory (non-)sensitizing chemicals: identification of discriminating genetic markers and pathway analysis

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Genotoxicity of PM10 and extracted organics collected in an industrial, urban and rural area in Flanders, Belgium

scientific article published on October 2004

Haemopoietic long-term bone marrow cultures from adult mice show osteogenic capacity in vitro on 3-dimensional collagen sponges

scientific article published on November 1, 1992

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

Harmonised human biomonitoring in Europe: activities towards an EU HBM framework.

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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

High radiosensitivity of the mineralization capacity of adult murine bone marrow in vitro to continuous alpha-irradiation compared to acute X-irradiation

scientific article published on May 1, 1992

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

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Human biomonitoring and the INSPIRE directive: spatial data as link for environment and health research

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Human biomonitoring as a tool for exposure assessment in industrially contaminated sites (ICSs). Lessons learned within the ICS and Health European Network

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

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

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Human biomonitoring in health risk assessment in Europe: Current practices and recommendations for the future

scientific article published on 05 June 2019

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

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

scientific article published on 10 May 2016

In vitro tests for haematotoxicity: prediction of drug-induced myelosuppression by the CFU-GM assay.

scientific article published in December 2002

Increased exposure to dioxin-like compounds is associated with endometriosis in a case-control study in women

scientific article published in February 2010

Influence of ambient air pollution on global DNA methylation in healthy adults: a seasonal follow-up.

scientific article published on 3 August 2013

Intelligence gain and social cost savings attributable to environmental lead exposure reduction strategies since the year 2000 in Flanders, Belgium

scientific article published on 27 December 2019

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

Interpreting biomarker data from the COPHES/DEMOCOPHES twin projects: Using external exposure data to understand biomarker differences among countries

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Intra- and interlaboratory calibration of the DR CALUX bioassay for the analysis of dioxins and dioxin-like chemicals in sediments.

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

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Lead neurotoxicity in children: is prenatal exposure more important than postnatal exposure?

scientific article published on October 2006

Lessons learned from the application of BEES-C: Systematic assessment of study quality of epidemiologic research on BPA, neurodevelopment, and respiratory health

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

scientific article published on 31 October 2014

MUTZ-3-derived dendritic cells as an in vitro alternative model to CD34+ progenitor-derived dendritic cells for testing of chemical sensitizers.

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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

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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).

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Migration limits for children's toys are nothing to play with

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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

Multiplex genotyping as a biomarker for susceptibility to carcinogenic exposure in the FLEHS biomonitoring study

scientific article published in August 2008

Neonatal exposure to environmental pollutants and placental mitochondrial DNA content: A multi-pollutant approach

scientific article published on 7 June 2017

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.

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Neurobehavioral function and low-level metal exposure in adolescents

scientific article published on 26 September 2014

Neurobehavioral performance in adolescents is inversely associated with traffic exposure

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Non-invasive biomarker sampling and analysis of the exhaled breath proteome

scientific article published on 17 March 2009

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

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

scientific article published on 18 June 2009

PFAS and Phthalate/DINCH Exposure in Association with Age at Menarche in Teenagers of the HBM4EU Aligned Studies

scientific article published in 2023

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

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Perinatal exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds and infant growth and body mass index at seven years: A pooled analysis of three European birth cohorts

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

Perinatal exposure to purity-controlled polychlorinated biphenyl 52, 138, or 180 alters toxicogenomic profiles in peripheral blood of rats after 4 months.

scientific article published on 08 July 2013

Peripheral blood collection: the first step towards gene expression profiling

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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

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

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

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Prenatal PCB-153 exposure and decreased birth weight: the role of gestational weight gain

scientific article published on April 2014

Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Infant Growth: A Pooled Analysis of Seven European Birth Cohorts

scientific article published on 6 March 2015

Prenatal bisphenol A exposure is associated with language development but not with ADHD-related behavior in toddlers from the Odense Child Cohort

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Prenatal exposure to DDE and PCB 153 and respiratory health in early childhood: a meta-analysis

scientific article published in July 2014

Prenatal exposure to PCB-153, p,p'-DDE and birth outcomes in 9000 mother-child pairs: exposure-response relationship and effect modifiers

scientific article published on 11 October 2014

Prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and risk of being born small for gestational age: Pooled analysis of seven European birth cohorts

scientific article published on 29 March 2018

Prenatal exposure to environmental contaminants and behavioural problems at age 7-8years.

scientific article published on 9 July 2013

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

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Protracted Treatment of C57B1 Mice with Zn-DTPA after241Am Injection Reduces the Long-term Radiation Effects

scientific article published on 01 April 1991

Rationale for Environmental Hygiene towards global protection of fetuses and young children from adverse lifestyle factors

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Response of murine stromal bone marrow cultures to α-particle irradiation in vivo and in vitro at osteosarcomogenic α-radiation doses

scientific article published on 01 July 1993

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

Socio-Economic Status and Health: Evaluation of Human Biomonitored Chemical Exposure to Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances across Status

scientific article published on 11 December 2018

Sparing of Bone Marrow Stem Cells by Long-term Administration of Na-alginate to226Ra Contaminated Mice

scientific article published on October 1, 1979

Stromal cells from murine developing hemopoietic organs: comparison of colony-forming unit of fibroblasts and long-term cultures

scientific article published on March 1, 1991

THP-1 monocytes but not macrophages as a potential alternative for CD34+ dendritic cells to identify chemical skin sensitizers.

scientific article published on 11 February 2009

Temporal and Spatial Response of Marrow Colony-Forming Cells (CFU-s and CFU-c) after 226 Ra Incorporation in BALB/c Mice

scientific article published on 01 November 1981

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 European Long-range Research Initiative (LRI): A decade of contributions to human health protection, exposure modelling and environmental integrity

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

The Faroes Statement: human health effects of developmental exposure to chemicals in our environment

publication published in 2008

The OBELIX project: early life exposure to endocrine disruptors and obesity

scientific article published on 4 May 2011

The REACH perspective: toward a new concept of toxicity testing

scientific article published on February 2010

The added value of a surveillance human biomonitoring program: The case of FLEHS in Flanders (Belgium).

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The allergic cascade: review of the most important molecules in the asthmatic lung

scientific article published on 15 August 2007

The comet assay in human biomonitoring: cryopreservation of whole blood and comparison with isolated mononuclear cells

scientific article published on 9 December 2017

The effects of PCBs and dioxins on child health

scientific article published on October 2006

The evaluation of dioxin and dioxin-like contaminants in selected food samples obtained from the Belgian market: comparison of TEQ measurements obtained through the CALUX bioassay with congener specific chemical analyses

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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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Thyroid-stimulating hormone levels in newborns and early life exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals: analysis of three European mother-child cohorts

scientific article published on 13 March 2017

Today's epidemics in children: possible relations to environmental pollution and suggested preventive measures.

scientific article published on October 2006

Toxicity of Urban PM10 and Relation with Tracers of Biomass Burning

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

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

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

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

Unrecognized or potential risk factors for childhood cancer

scientific article published in April 2005

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 Phthalate Concentrations in Mothers and Their Children in Ireland: Results of the DEMOCOPHES Human Biomonitoring Study

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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

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

Whole-Genome Saliva and Blood DNA Methylation Profiling in Individuals with a Respiratory Allergy

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