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Maternal transfer of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)Evi Van den Steen
Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Int 35:69-75. 2009..Maternal transfer in blue tits seemed to be selective for the more bioaccumulative and persistent congeners/compounds...- The use of blue tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool for organohalogenated pollutants in the European environmentEvi Van den Steen
Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Belgium
Sci Total Environ 408:1451-7. 2010..In conclusion, our results suggest the usefulness of eggs from passerine birds as a biomonitoring tool for OHPs on a large geographical scale... - Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring toolEvi Van den Steen
Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Int 35:310-7. 2009..To our knowledge, this is the first study in which bird eggs were used as a monitoring tool for OHPs on such a large geographical scale... - An exposure study with polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris): toxicokinetics and reproductive effectsEvi Van den Steen
Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Pollut 157:430-6. 2009..In addition, egg weight and volume were significantly higher in the exposed group. These results suggest that, at the investigated exposure levels (150 microg sum PBDEs/bird), PBDEs may have a negative effect on reproductive performance... - Effects of laying order and experimentally increased egg production on organic pollutants in eggs of a terrestrial songbird species, the great tit (Parus major)Evi Van den Steen
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Sci Total Environ 407:4764-70. 2009..To our knowledge, this is the first study in which the impact of an experimentally increased clutch size on the levels and profiles of contaminants in eggs has been investigated... 
Variation, levels and profiles of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in great tit (Parus major) eggs from different types of sampling locations in Flanders (Belgium)Evi Van den Steen
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Int 34:155-61. 2008..In conclusion, our results showed that the characteristics of a sampling location influence both the levels and profiles of PCBs, OCPs and PBDEs...- Endocrine disrupting, haematological and biochemical effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in a terrestrial songbird, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)Evi Van den Steen
Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Sci Total Environ 408:6142-7. 2010..All together, our results suggest that European starlings, similar to other passerine species, may be less sensitive to the effects of organohalogenated pollutants, such as PBDEs, than other bird species... - Organohalogenated contaminants in eggs of rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) and imperial shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps) from the Falkland IslandsEvi Van den Steen
Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Belgium
Sci Total Environ 409:2838-44. 2011..Although our results showed that OHCs have also reached the Falkland Islands, concentrations were relatively low compared to other studies. However, future monitoring may be warranted to assess temporal trends of different OHCs... - Accumulation, tissue-specific distribution and debromination of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)E Van den Steen
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Pollut 148:648-53. 2007..To our knowledge, these results are the first indications for the debromination of BDE 209 in birds... - Within- and among-clutch variation of organohalogenated contaminants in eggs of great tits (Parus major)E Van den Steen
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Pollut 144:355-9. 2006..Our results show that random egg samples of great tits are suitable as a biomonitoring tool for contamination with persistent organohalogenated pollutants in terrestrial environments... - Experimental evaluation of the usefulness of feathers as a non-destructive biomonitor for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) using silastic implants as a novel method of exposureE Van den Steen
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Int 33:257-64. 2007..PCB 153 concentrations in the newly grown feathers differed among the treatment groups. To our knowledge, our results provide the first experimental evidence that feathers are useful as a non-destructive biomonitoring tool for PCBs... - Brominated flame retardants and organochlorine pollutants in aquatic and terrestrial predatory birds of Belgium: levels, patterns, tissue distribution and condition factorsV L B Jaspers
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Pollut 139:340-52. 2006..BDE 183 and BDE 209 were only measured in the terrestrial birds. These results indicate that terrestrial birds may be more exposed to higher brominated BDE congeners than aquatic species... - Evaluation of the usefulness of bird feathers as a non-destructive biomonitoring tool for organic pollutants: a comparative and meta-analytical approachV L B Jaspers
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Int 33:328-37. 2007..Various confounding factors (such as habitat, condition, age, sex) may have masked a relationship between delta15N values and organic pollutant levels in the birds under study... - Great tit (Parus major) nestlings as biomonitors of organochlorine pollutionT Dauwe
Department of Biology, Laboratory of Ethology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 44:89-96. 2003..Our study illustrates that insectivorous passerines with a limited home range, such as the great tit, are suitable biomonitors for terrestrial organochlorine contamination... - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in sediment cores from the Western Scheldt river (Belgium): analytical aspects and depth profilesA Covaci
Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Int 31:367-75. 2005..This suggests an increasing trend in the concentrations of PBDEs in the Belgian environment... - Assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in West African city farms: Banjul and Dakar case studyP Manirakiza
Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 44:171-9. 2003.... - Selected persistent organochlorine pollutants in RomaniaA Covaci
Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
Sci Total Environ 280:143-52. 2001..HCB and PCBs were higher in Antwerp cohort. Romanian samples showed a higher ratio DDT/sigmaDDTs, but similar ratios PCB 153/sigmaPCBs... - Accumulation and tissue distribution of selected polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in chickensJ Maervoet
Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, B 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Chemosphere 57:61-6. 2004.... - Determination of organohalogenated contaminants in liver of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded on the Belgian North Sea coastA Covaci
Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Mar Pollut Bull 44:1157-65. 2002 - Is external contamination with organic pollutants important for concentrations measured in bird feathers?V L B Jaspers
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Int 33:766-72. 2007..The lack of significant external contamination onto the feather surface is an additional asset for the use of feathers as a non-destructive biomonitor for organic pollutants... - Persistent chlorinated pesticides in fish and cattle fat and their implications for human serum concentrations from the Sene-Gambian regionP Manirakiza
Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein, 1, 2610 Wilrjik, Belgium
J Environ Monit 4:609-17. 2002..The current use of HCH mixtures was suggested to explain the unusually high alpha-HCH concentration. The distribution pattern of these OCPs in humans was also discussed and compared with that in other studies... - Persistent chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in selected fish species from Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, AfricaP Manirakiza
Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Pollut 117:447-55. 2002..7 +/- 37.4 ng/g fat for the sum of 12 congeners) were found in Oreochromis niloticus. However, there is no evidence that Lake Tanganyika is more contaminated with pesticides than other African water bodies... - Relationship between age and levels of organochlorine contaminants in human serum of a belgian populationS Voorspoels
Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 69:22-9. 2002 - Simplified method for determination of organochlorine pollutants in human serum by solid-phase disk extraction and gas chromatographyA Covaci
Toxicological Center, Antwerp University, Wilrijk, Belgium
Chemosphere 43:439-47. 2001..The method was validated through successful participation to several interlaboratory tests and by analysis of human serum with different organochlorine loading... 
Surprising findings following a Belgian food contamination with polychlorobiphenyls and dioxinsP J Schepens
Toxicological Center and Department of Medicine and Medical Biochemistry, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
Environ Health Perspect 109:101-3. 2001..This is the first paper describing background concentrations of PCBs in animal meat from Belgium...- Assessment of human exposure to indoor organic contaminants via dust ingestion in PakistanN Ali
Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Belgium
Indoor Air 22:200-11. 2012..2011a; Harrad et al., 2008; Tan et al., 2007a,b; Van den Eede et al., 2011a; Wang et al., 2010)... - Distribution of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in umbilical cord and maternal serumA Covaci
Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
Sci Total Environ 298:45-53. 2002..74 and 0.92, P<0.05). We conclude that all investigated organochlorine compounds have an efficient transplacental transfer... - A case of aldicarb poisoning: a possible murder attemptA Covaci
Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
J Anal Toxicol 23:290-3. 1999..They left the hospital after 12 days. To our knowledge, the serum concentrations of aldicarb reported in this paper are the highest reported for a nonfatal case... - Improved sample preparation method for selected persistent organochlorine pollutants in human serum using solid-phase disk extraction with gas chromatographic analysisA Pauwels
University of Antwerp UIA, Toxicological Center Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wilrijk, Belgium
J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 723:117-25. 1999..Recoveries ranged from 48 to 140% for organochlorine pesticides (6.25, 12.5 and 25 ng/ml) and 71 to 126% for polychlorinated biphenyls (0.625, 1.25 and 2.5 ng/ml)... - Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides are eliminated from therapeutic Factor VIII and immunoglobulin concentrates and reduced in albumin by plasma fractionationA Covaci
Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium Central Fractionation Department, Red Cross, Brussels, Belgium
Vox Sang 83:23-8. 2002..Their distribution was examined in the starting plasma pools for fractionation, Cohn plasma fractions and therapeutic concentrates... - Persistent organochlorine pollutants in soils from belgium, Italy, Greece, and RomaniaA Covaci
Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein, 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 68:97-103. 2002 - Mass spectrometric detection in narrow-bore (0.10 mm i.d.) capillary chromatography fast, sensitive and selective analysis of polychlorinated biphenylsA Covaci
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
J Chromatogr A 923:287-93. 2001..4 pg microl(-1) for standard solutions and 0.2 ng g(-1) fat for milk extracts. By using cold splitless injection, relatively high volumes (1 microl) for narrow-bore capillaries could be injected without any peak distortion... - Environmental pollutants and type 2 diabetes: a review of mechanisms that can disrupt beta cell functionT L M Hectors
Department of Biology, Laboratory of Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
Diabetologia 54:1273-90. 2011..This supports the need to develop a solid and structured platform to fully explore the diabetes-inducing potential of pollutants... - Persistent organic pollutants and methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers in different tissues of white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) from West GreenlandV L B Jaspers
University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk Antwerp, Belgium
Environ Pollut 175:137-46. 2013..Remarkably, we found distinct correlations (0.62 ≤ r ≤ 0.98; <0.0001 ≤ p ≤ 0.17) between levels of MeO-PBDEs and PBDEs, suggesting similar bioaccumulation pathways of PBDEs and MeO-PBDEs in white-tailed eagles... - The Belgian PCB and dioxin incident of January-June 1999: exposure data and potential impact on healthN Van Larebeke
Department of Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine and Experimental Cancerology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Environ Health Perspect 109:265-73. 2001.... - Comparison of CALUX-TEQ values with PCB and PCDD/F measurements in human serum of the Flanders Environmental and Health Study (FLEHS)G Koppen
Flemish Institute of Technological Research (VITO, Center of Expertise in Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Measurements, Boeretang 200, B-2400, Mol, Belgium
Toxicol Lett 123:59-67. 2001..It was concluded that the CALUX can be an alternative screening tool for biomonitoring purposes, especially when the objective is to compare different groups of people (e.g. living in different regions)... - Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography of polybrominated diphenyl ethersP Korytár
Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research, IJmuiden
J Chromatogr A 1100:200-7. 2005..Three nona-BDEs were shown to be the major decomposition products of BDE 209... - Persistent organochlorine pollutants in human serum of 50-65 years old women in the Flanders Environmental and Health Study (FLEHS). Part 1: Concentrations and regional differencesG Koppen
Flemish Institute of Technological Research (VITO, Center of Expertise in Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Measurements, Mol, Belgium
Chemosphere 48:811-25. 2002..However, because of statistical power loss and no possibility of confounder adjustment, pooling is not the most effective way to study regional differences... - Food contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins in Belgium. Effects on the body burdenN Van Larebeke
Department of Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine and Experimental Cancerology, Ghent University, Belgium
J Epidemiol Community Health 56:828-30. 2002..The paper also compares the current concentrations in food with the recent standards launched by the EU for dioxins in food, and discusses whether these values adequately protect European citizens... - Internal exposure to pollutants measured in blood and urine of Flemish adolescents in function of area of residenceC Schroijen
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry ANCH, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Chemosphere 71:1317-25. 2008..Subjects from separate areas around waste incinerators showed significant differences in body load of various environmental contaminants... - Status of pollution in mangrove ecosystems along the coast of TanzaniaG Kruitwagen
Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Mar Pollut Bull 56:1022-31. 2008