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
… in food with population data on food … in Belgian adults and children using urinary biomarkers
of exposure. Morning urine was gathered in a representative part of the Belgian population

Concept of the Flemish human biomonitoring programme

G Schoeters, E Den Hond, A Colles, I Loots… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
… Since 2002 a human biomonitoring network has been established in Flanders (Belgium) as
… shown geographically differentiated biomonitoring profiles in the general population from 8 …

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

E Den Hond, E Govarts, H Willems… - Environmental …, 2015 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
… exposures has contributed successfully to initiate policy measures and to focus on protection
of susceptible populations such as children and pregnant mothers. The ban of lead from …

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

H Reynders, A Colles, B Morrens, M Mampaey… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
human biomonitoring (HBM) program to assess and monitor human exposure of the Flemish
population … Flanders is a densely populated area in the North of Belgium with intense traffic …

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

G Schoeters, E Govarts, L Bruckers, E Den Hond… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
… and lead are decreasing in the population of Flanders. Response to … Human biomonitoring
measures concentrations of chemicals … part of Belgium, a human biomonitoring program was …

Availability and comparability of human biomonitoring data across Europe: A case-study on blood-lead levels

R Smolders, A Alimonti, M Cerna, E Den Hond… - Science of the total …, 2010 - Elsevier
… only consistently returning sub-population, we chose to limit … corresponding author (VITO,
Belgium) is the coordinator of … to the Flemish Human Biomonitoring Program's Steering Group …

Human biomonitoring on heavy metals in Ath: methodological aspects

J Rebolledo, S Fierens, A Versporten, E Brits… - Archives of Public …, 2011 - Springer
… study in Ath, allowed us to recruit a sample representative of the population of … et al., Human
biomonitoring of heavy metals in the vicinity of non-ferrous metal industries in Ath, Belgium, …

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in human milk: a biomonitoring study in rural areas of Flanders (Belgium)

K Croes, A Colles, G Koppen, E Govarts, L Bruckers… - Chemosphere, 2012 - Elsevier
human milk was chosen to assess exposure to POPs. Human milk is a valuable matrix for
human biomonitoring … The mean age of this study population was 28.5 years (range 20.6–35.6 …

Harmonization of human biomonitoring studies in Europe: characteristics of the HBM4EU-aligned studies participants

L Gilles, E Govarts, L Rodriguez Martin… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
… commission to collect human biomonitoring data to support … studies that obtain comparable
human biomonitoring (HBM) data … The study population approaches the characteristics of the …

Human biomonitoring: state of the art

J Angerer, U Ewers, M Wilhelm - International journal of hygiene and …, 2007 - Elsevier
biological monitoring” of the general population. It seems that within the 7th Framework
Programme of the EU, HBM shall play a prominent role (Open Stakeholder Consultation, 2006). …