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van Hemmen, J.J. (author), TNO Voeding (author)Chemicals / CAS: 4,4' methylenedianiline, 101-77-9; Hazardous Substances.article 2004
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Weijenberg, M.P. (author), Lüchtenborg, M. (author), de Goeij, A.F.P.M. (author), Brink, M. (author), van Muijen, G.N.P. (author), de Bruïne, A.P. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: To investigate baseline fat intake and the risk of colon and rectal tumors lacking MLH1 (mutL homolog 1, colon cancer, nonpolyposis type 2) repair gene expression and harboring mutations in the APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) tumor suppressor gene and in the KRAS (v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog) oncogene....article 2007
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Cornelie, J. (author), de Feen van der Lille, J.C.J.F. (author), Riedstra, M. (author), Hardeman, W. (author), Wedel, M. (author), Brug, J. (author), Pruyn, J.F.A. (author), Löwik, M.R.H. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Fat Watch was a four-year campaign carried out in cooperation with retailers and industry, aiming at a reduction of fat consumption by 10% among the Dutch population. Mass media and supermarkets were the main conveyers of the message. Supermarkets participated well in the first (53%) and in the third year (51%), but to a lesser extent in the...article 1998
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Verhoeven, A.C. (author), Boers, M. (author), te Koppele, J.M. (author), van der Laan, W.H. (author), Markusse, H.M. (author), Geusens, P. (author), van der Linden, S. (author), Gaubius Instituut (author)Objectives. Exploration of bone metabolism changes at different levels of disease activity, both with and without oral corticosteroid therapy, and prediction of changes in joint damage and bone density from the observed changes in markers of bone turnover. Methods. Data analysis from a randomized clinical trial with 155 rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...article 2001
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de Lange, M. (author), de Geus, E.J.C. (author), Kluft, C. (author), Meijer, P. (author), van Doornen, L.J.P. (author), Boomsma, D.I. (author), Snieder, H. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Differences in genetic influence on death from CHD between males and females have been reported. Haemostatic factors have consistently been associated with risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), but sex differences in genetic architecture have not been studied. This study in middle-aged twins investigates whether there are sex differences in...article 2006
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Botterweck, A.A.M. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)The association between vegetable and fruit consumption and stomach cancer risk was investigated in the Netherlands Cohort Study among 120,852 men and women aged 55-69 years at the start in September 1986. Analyses were based on 282 incident stomach cancer cases after 6.3 years of follow-up. Age- and sex-adjusted rate ratios of stomach cancer in...article 1998
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Korst, A.E.C. (author), Boven, E. (author), van der Sterre, M.L.T. (author), Fichtinger-Schepman, A.M.J. (author), van der Vijgh, W.J.F. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Amifostine (Ethyol, WR-2721) is in use in the clinic as a protector against platinum-induced toxicities. We have previously reported that amifostine induced a potentiation of the antitumour activity of carboplatin in human ovarian cancer xenografts. An influence of amifostine on the pharmacokinetics of carboplatin, resulting in higher platinum...article 1998
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Vink, P. (author), Imada, A.S. (author), Zink, K.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)A participatory approach could be used to implement work place or organizational improvements. However, the question is which participants should be involved and how. In this paper the theoretical involvement in different steps of a linear stepwise approach is described and compared with the latest projects of 300 practitioners. From a...article 2008
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van Dokkum, W. (author), Wezendonk, B. (author), Srikumar, T.S. (author), van den Heuvel, E.G.H.M. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Objective: To study the effect of the intake of 15 g nondigestible oligosaccharides per day on various parameters of large-bowel function, as well as on blood lipid concentrations and glucose absorption in man. Design: Latin square, randomized, double-blind, diet-controlled. Setting: Metabolic research unit. Subjects: Twelve apparently healthy...article 1999
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Lansink, M. (author), Koolwijk, P. (author), van Hinsbergh, V. (author), Kooistra, T. (author), Gaubius Instituut TNO (author)Angiogenesis, the formation of new capillary blood vessels, is a feature of a variety of pathological processes. To study the effects of a specific group of hormones (all ligands of the steroid/retinoid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily) on the angiogenic process in humans, we have used a model system in which human microvascular endothelial...article 1998
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Perenboom, R.J.M. (author), Boshuizen, H.C. (author), Breteler, M.M.B. (author), Alewijn, O. (author), van de Water, H.P.A. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)To gain an insight into the burden of dementia in an aging society, life expectancy with dementia and its counterpart dementia-free life expectancy (DemFLE) in The Netherlands are presented. Sullivan's method was used to calculate DemFLE. For elderly living either independently or in homes for the elderly prevalence figures on dementia were...article 1996
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Zhu, D. (author), van Arkel, C. (author), King, C.A. (author), van Meirvenne, S. (author), de Greef, C. (author), Thielemans, K. (author), Radl, J. (author), Stevenson, F.K. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)The 5T series of multiple myelomas (MM) and Waldenstrsom's macroglobulinaemia-like lymphomas (WM), which developed spontaneously in ageing mice of the C57BL/KaLwRij strain, shows clinical and biological features that closely resemble their corresponding human diseases. In order to compare the patterns of somatic mutation in V(H) genes of mouse...article 1998
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van der Pal-de Bruin, K.M. (author), de Walle, H.E.K. (author), Jeeninga, W. (author), de Rover, C. (author), Cornel, M.C. (author), de Jong-van den Berg, L.T.W. (author), Schouten, J. (author), Brand, R. (author), Buitendijk, S.E. (author)Periconceptional folic acid use considerably reduces the risk of neural tube defects. The aim of this study was to measure the effect of the national and the local 'Folic Acid Campaign' on periconceptional folic acid use. Before (1995 survey) and 1 year after the campaign (1996 survey), the awareness and use of folic acid was measured among...article 2000
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van Hemmen, J.J. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)In a project granted by DG XI of the European Commission, it is attempted to collate experimental and theoretical data on human (workers and consumers) exposure assessment to biocidal products, and to outline the methodology for sampling and measurement. On the basis of the available evidence, approaches are presented for the exposure assessment...article 1999
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van Buuren, S. (author), Hopman-Rock, M. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)The Severity of Disabilities Scale (SDS) of the ICIDH reflects the degree to which an individual's ability to perform a certain activity is restricted. This paper describes the application of two models from item response theory (IRT), the graded response model and the partial credit model, in order to derive a tentative proposal for a revised...article 2001
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Rensen, P.C.N. (author), van Dijk, K.W. (author), Havekes, L.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Chemicals / CAS: lipoprotein lipase, 83137-80-8, 9004-02-8; APOA5 protein, human; Apolipoproteins A; Apolipoproteins; Triglyceridesarticle 2005
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Emeis, J.J. (author), Jirouskova, M. (author), Muchitsch, E.-M. (author), Shet, A.S. (author), Smyth, S.S. (author), Johnson, G.J. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Murine blood coagulation factors and function are quite similar to those of humans. Because of this similarity and the adaptability of mice to genetic manipulation, murine coagulation factors and inhibitors have been extensively studied. These studies have provided significant insights into human hemostasis. They have also provided useful...article 2007
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Beulens, J.W.J. (author), Rimm, E.B. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), Hu, F.B. (author), Manson, J.E. (author), Hunter, D.J. (author), Mukamal, K.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)OBJECTIVE - We sought to investigate whether a polymorphism in the alcohol dehydrogenase 1c (ADH1C) gene modifies the association between alcohol consumption and type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - In nested case-control studies of 640 women with incident diabetes and 1,000 control subjects from the Nurses' Health Study and 383 men...article 2007
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Groten, J.P. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Drinking water can be considered as a complex mixture that consists of tens, hundreds or thousands of chemicals of which the composition is qualitatively and quantitatively not fully known. From a public health point of view it is most relevant to answer the question of whether chemicals in drinking water interact in a way that results in an...article 2000
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Kalsbeek, H. (author), Truin, G.J. (author), van Rossum, C.M. (author), van Rijkom, H.M. (author), Poorterman, J.H. (author), Verrips, G.H. (author)In 1995 a dental survey among adults aged 25-54 years was performed in 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands). Aim was to study trends in oral health after 1983, a year in which a similar study was performed in the same city. Caries data were obtained by clinical examination only. The percentage of edentulous persons in the sample decreased with...article 1997