Area of research
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Research interest
Research interests include Air Quality and Health Impacts, Occupational exposure and asthma, Asthma and respiratory diseases, and Occupational and environmental lung diseases.
Contrasting sources of dietary intake of cobalt and lead in the mining region of Katanga, DR Congo: a duplicate meal study.
Occupational and environmental exposures contribute to lung function heterogeneity in sarcoidosis.
Silicosis, Sarcoidosis, or Both? Rethinking Disease Labels in Light of Co-Occurrence.
Update on mesothelioma incidence and forecast of future cases in Belgium.
The history of occupational health on the African continent.
Dermal, respiratory and neurological effects following workplace exposure to diisopropylcarbodiimide.
Anterior abdominal wall agenesis associated with cardiac exstrophy and macrocephaly in a gold mining area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: management and prognosis in a resource-limited area.
Socio-Emotional, Behavior and Cognitive Disorders Associated with Exposure to Trace Metals: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study in School-Age Children in Haut-Katanga Province.
Involuntary soil and dust ingestion: Much higher estimates in a low-income country than in North America.
Association Between Occupational Exposure and Sinus Surgery Outcomes in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Prospective Study.
Rapidly progressive silicosis previously diagnosed as pulmonary TB in mineworkers.
Asbestos-related diseases in Africa: sentinel cases of mesothelioma and asbestosis from DR Congo.
A call from 40 public health scientists for an end to the continuing humanitarian and environmental catastrophe in Gaza
Cottage industry as a source of high exposure to lead: A biomonitoring study among people involved in manufacturing cookware from scrap metal.
A call from 40 public health scientists for an end to the continuing humanitarian and environmental catastrophe in Gaza.
Air pollution and bronchiolitis: a case-control study in Antwerp, Belgium.
Household air pollution and risk of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-Infected adults.
Natural aphrodisiacs consumption by male workers in the former Katanga province, DR Congo
Hypoxaemia and risk of asphyxia during underground work in artisanal cobalt mines.
Occupational allergic contact dermatitis, rhinoconjunctivitis, and asthma caused by moabi wood dust.
Presenting clinical data for the hazard classification of chemical respiratory sensitisers.
The prevalences and levels of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres (silica, asbestos and coal): A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury
The prevalences and levels of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres (silica, asbestos and coal): A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury.
What criteria are used in the investigation of alleged cases of research misconduct?
Erectile dysfunction in copper and cobalt miners: a cross-sectional study in the former Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Transplacental transfer of cobalt: Evidence from a study of mothers and their neonates in the African Copperbelt.
Response to Letter to the Editor regarding "The prevalences and levels of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres (silica, asbestos and coal): A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury".
Bombé, an undetermined substance that caused an outbreak of illicit drug use in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) - the urgent need for responsible mining in the context of growing global demand for minerals and metals for climate change mitigation
Residential green space and mental health-related prescription medication sales: An ecological study in Belgium