National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Global Biodiversity Scenarios for the Year 2100

Scenarios of changes in biodiversity for the year 2100 can now be developed based on scenarios of changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate, vegetation, and land use and th...

Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR

Background The ongoing outbreak of the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) poses a challenge for public health laboratories as virus isolates are unavailable while th...

Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen Elderly Study

How will country-based mitigation measures influence the course of the COVID-19 epidemic?

The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from 1765 to 2300

We present the greenhouse gas concentrations for the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) and their extensions beyond 2100, the Extended Concentration Pathways (ECPs). T...

Mendelian randomization of blood lipids for coronary heart disease

The genetic findings support a causal effect of triglycerides on CHD risk, but a causal role for HDL-C, though possible, remains less certain.

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in dromedary camels: an outbreak investigation

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes severe lower respiratory tract infection in people. Previous studies suggested dromedary camels were a reservoir f...

Assessing effects of forecasted climate change on the diversity and distribution of European higher plants for 2050

Abstract The rapidly increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases may lead to significant changes in regional and seasonal climate patterns. Such changes can strong...

Flavonols, flavones and flavanols - nature, occurrence and dietary burden

Total flavonol and flavone contents of foods have been determined with validated state-of-the-art methods. Quercetin dominates, and flavonol levels found in vegetables and fruit...

Physical Activity and Breast Cancer

There is evidence for an inverse association between physical activity and breast cancer risk. The evidence is stronger for postmenopausal breast cancer than for premenopausal b...