Assessment of mycotoxin exposure in the Belgian population using biomarkers: Aim, design and methods of the BIOMYCO study

E Heyndrickx, I Sioen, M Bellemans… - Food Additives & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Mycotoxins are harmful food contaminants. Currently, human exposure assessment to these
toxins is often based on calculations combining mycotoxin occurrence data in food with …

Human biomonitoring of multiple mycotoxins in the Belgian population: Results of the BIOMYCO study

E Heyndrickx, I Sioen, B Huybrechts, A Callebaut… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are important food contaminants responsible for health effects such as cancer,
nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity or immunosuppression. The assessment of mycotoxin …

Extended evaluation of urinary multi-biomarker analyses of mycotoxins in Swedish adults and children

A Mitropoulou, L Gambacorta… - World Mycotoxin …, 2018 - wageningenacademic.com
Biomarker-based methods are being more and more used to assess dietary exposure of
mycotoxins in a population. The aim of the present study was to perform an extended …

Are data from mycotoxins' urinary biomarkers and food surveys linked? A review underneath risk assessment

C Martins, R Assunção, C Nunes… - Food Reviews …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Mycotoxins are natural chemical contaminants of foods, posing several health risks to
humans. Biomarkers-driven research has been used as a tool for a more accurate …

Biomonitoring of concurrent mycotoxin exposure among adults in Sweden through urinary multi-biomarker analysis

S Wallin, L Gambacorta, N Kotova, EW Lemming… - Food and Chemical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mycotoxin producing moulds may contaminate numerous agricultural commodities either
before harvest or during storage. A varied diet consisting of different foods may therefore be …

Exposure assessment of Portuguese population to multiple mycotoxins: The human biomonitoring approach

C Martins, A Vidal, M De Boevre, S De Saeger… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins constitute a relevant group of food contaminants with several associated health
outcomes such as estrogenic, immunotoxic, nephrotoxic and teratogenic effects. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Mycotoxin exposure assessments in a multi-center European validation study by 24-hour dietary recall and biological fluid sampling

K De Ruyck, I Huybrechts, S Yang, D Arcella… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Food Consumption Validation (EFCOVAL) project includes 600 men
and women from Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, and Norway, who …

Strategies for estimating human exposure to mycotoxins via food

M De Nijs, MJB Mengelers, PE Boon… - World Mycotoxin …, 2016 - wageningenacademic.com
In this review, five strategies to estimate mycotoxin exposure of a (sub-) population via food,
including data collection, are discussed with the aim to identify the added values and …

Application of biomarkers to assessment of risk to human health from exposure to mycotoxins

M Miraglia, C Brera, M Colatosti - Microchemical journal, 1996 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins, the toxic compounds produced by mold secondary metabolism, represent a
relevant source of danger to humans through alimentary channels. Efforts have been made …

Investigating multi-mycotoxin exposure in occupational settings: A biomonitoring and airborne measurement approach

S Ndaw, D Jargot, G Antoine, F Denis, S Melin… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Investigating workplace exposure to mycotoxins is of the utmost importance in supporting
the implementation of preventive measures for workers. The aim of this study was to provide …