Metal mining and birth defects: a case-control study in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Autor: Daan Van Brusselen, MD, Tony Kayembe-Kitenge, MD, Sébastien Mbuyi-Musanzayi, PhD, Toni Lubala Kasole, PhD, Leon Kabamba Ngombe, PhD, Paul Musa Obadia, MD, Daniel Kyanika wa Mukoma, MSc, Koen Van Herck, ProfPhD, Dirk Avonts, ProfPhD, Koen Devriendt, ProfPhD, Erik Smolders, ProfPhD, Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu, ProfPhD, Benoit Nemery, ProfPhD

Publikováno v: The Lancet Planetary Health, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp e158-e167 (2020)

Summary: Background: Widespread environmental contamination caused by mining of copper and cobalt has led to concerns about the possible association between birth defects and exposure to several toxic metals in southern Katanga, Democratic Republic o

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/2395c19ca5b24766b755640760b0782a

Occupational rhinitis and asthma in bakers: a cross-sectional study in the former Katanga province of DR Congo

Autor: Paul Musa Obadia, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Lilian Nsenga Mukanda, Tony Kayembe-Kitenge, Abdon Mukalay Wa Mukalay, Joseph Pyana Kitenge, Benoit Nemery, Trésor Carsi Kuhangana, Pascal Nawej Tshimwang, Patient Nkulu Banza, Celestin Banza Nkulu Lubaba

Publikováno v: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 95:293-301

Bakers are at high risk of rhinitis and asthma, but the prevalence of these occupational diseases is not well known in Sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated the prevalence of occupational rhinitis and asthma among industrial bakers in the former provin

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-021-01698-8

Energy Drink Consumption among Adolescents Attending Schools in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

Autor: Taty Muta Musambo, Arlène Kazadi Ngoy, Eric Deconinck, Angélique Kamugisha, Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu, Trésor Carsi Kuhangana, Benoit Nemery, Tony Kayembe-Kitenge, Paul Musa Obadia, Joris Van Loco, Joseph Pyana Kitenge

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 18
Issue 14
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 7617, p 7617 (2021)

BACKGROUND: The consumption of energy drinks (EDs) is increasing in the general population, but little is known about the consumption of EDs among pupils in Africa. This study was designed to assess the consumption of EDs among pupils between 10 and

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https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/20.500.12942/700726

Occupational rhinitis and asthma in bakers: a cross-sectional study in the former Katanga province of DR Congo

Autor: Joseph, Pyana Kitenge, Paul, Musa Obadia, Trésor, Carsi Kuhangana, Tony, Kayembe-Kitenge, Patient, Nkulu Banza, Lilian, Nsenga Mukanda, Pascal, Nawej Tshimwang, Patrick D M C, Katoto, Celestin, Banza Nkulu Lubaba, Abdon, Mukalay Wa Mukalay, Benoit, Nemery

Publikováno v: International archives of occupational and environmental health. 95(1)

Bakers are at high risk of rhinitis and asthma, but the prevalence of these occupational diseases is not well known in Sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated the prevalence of occupational rhinitis and asthma among industrial bakers in the former provin

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33904971

COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge and Attitudes in Public Markets in the Former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Autor: Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Benoit Nemery, Arlène Kazadi Ngoy, Trésor Carsi Kuhangana, Paul Musa Obadia, Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu, Joseph Pyana Kitenge, Caleb Kamanda Mbayo, Taty Muta Musambo

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 7441, p 7441 (2020)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 17
Issue 20

Background. Public markets were exempted from the restrictive regulations instituted to limit the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In the early stage of the pandemic, we assessed people&rsquo
s

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https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/20.500.12942/700730