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Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants: Results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016-2020 (FLEHS IV).

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2022
The Flemish Environment and Health Study (FLEHS) collects information on internal exposure to a broad range of environmental chemicals in the general population in Flanders, the Northern region of Belgium.
G. Schoeters, V. Verheyen, A. Colles, S. Remy, L. R. Martin, E. Govarts, V. Nelen, E. D. Den Hond, A. De Decker, C. Franken, I. Loots, D. Coertjens, B. Morrens, M. Bastiaensen, C. Gys, G. Malarvannan, A. Covaci, T. Nawrot, S. De Henauw, M. Bellemans, M. Leermakers, N. van Larebeke, W. Baeyens, G. Jacobs, S. Voorspoels, F. Nielsen, L. Bruckers   +26 more
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COVID-19 impacts on Flemish food supply chains and lessons for agri-food system resilience

, 2021
Context Resilience represents the ability of systems to anticipate, withstand, or adapt to challenges. Times of great stress and disturbance offer opportunity to identify and confirm key contributors to agri-food system resilience.
Isabeau Coopmans, J. Bijttebier, F. Marchand, E. Mathijs, L. Messely, E. Rogge, Arthur Sanders, E. Wauters   +7 more
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Measurement properties of the Dutch–Flemish patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) physical function item bank and instruments: a systematic review

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021
Background Limitations in physical functioning are a big concern especially for patients with chronic or musculoskeletal diseases. Therefore, physical functioning is often used as a core outcome of treatments.
I. Abma, Bas J. D. Butje, P. T. ten Klooster, P. J. van der Wees   +3 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the core functions of primary care: will the cure be worse than the disease? A qualitative interview study in Flemish GPs

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives The current COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the measures taken to control it, have a profound impact on healthcare. This study was set up to gain insights into the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on the core competencies of general ...
V. Verhoeven, Giannoula Tsakitzidis, H. Philips, P. Van Royen   +3 more
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Staying Informed and Bridging “Social Distance”: Smartphone News Use and Mobile Messaging Behaviors of Flemish Adults during the First Weeks of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world, 2020
The authors explore patterns of smartphone use during the first weeks following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Belgium, focusing on citizens’ use of smartphones to consume news and to communicate and interact with others. Unique
Jakob Ohme, Mariek M. P. vanden Abeele, Kyle Van Gaeveren, Wouter Durnez, L. De Marez   +4 more
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Perfluorinated substances in the Flemish population (Belgium): Levels and determinants of variability in exposure.

Chemosphere, 2020
Because of their dirt-, water- and oil-repelling properties, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are frequently used in a broad variety of consumer products. They have been detected in human samples worldwide.
A. Colles, L. Bruckers, E. D. Den Hond, E. Govarts, B. Morrens, T. Schettgen, J. Buekers, D. Coertjens, T. Nawrot, I. Loots, V. Nelen, S. de Henauw, G. Schoeters, W. Baeyens, N. van Larebeke   +14 more
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Assessing Islamic Religious Education Curriculum in Flemish Public Secondary Schools

Religions, 2020
Islamic tradition promotes a holistic approach of personality development in which, we argue, three educational concepts take the centre stage: tarbiyah, ta’leem and ta’deeb.
Naïma Lafrarchi
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Fear of Missing Out as a Predictor of Problematic Social Media Use and Phubbing Behavior among Flemish Adolescents

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
Fear-of-missing-out (FOMO) refers to feelings of anxiety that arise from the realization that you may be missing out on rewarding experiences that others are having.
Vittoria Franchina, Mariek M. P. vanden Abeele, Antonius J. van Rooij, G. Lo Coco, L. De Marez   +4 more
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Determinants of exposure levels of bisphenols in Flemish adolescents.

Environmental Research, 2020
The broadly used industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), applied in numerous consumer products, has been under scrutiny in the past 20 years due to its widespread detection in humans and the environment and potential detrimental effects on human health ...
C. Gys, M. Bastiaensen, L. Bruckers, A. Colles, E. Govarts, L. R. Martin, V. Verheyen, G. Koppen, B. Morrens, E. D. Den Hond, A. De Decker, G. Schoeters, A. Covaci   +12 more
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COMPACT HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM (COSI) FOR SMALL REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (RPAS) – SYSTEM OVERVIEW AND FIRST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION RESULTS [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016
This paper gives an overview of the new COmpact hyperSpectral Imaging (COSI) system recently developed at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO, Belgium) and suitable for remotely piloted aircraft systems.
A. A. Sima, P. Baeck, D. Nuyts, S. Delalieux, S. Livens, J. Blommaert, B. Delauré, M. Boonen   +7 more
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