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- Air quality assessment 2015–2019 for the European measurement obligation in the Netherlands
- The diet of the Dutch. Results of the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey 2019-2021 on food consumption and evaluation with dietary guidelines
- Piekbelasting: inschatting effect aanpassing RAV
- Medical microbiology laboratories in the Netherlands can detect animal type A influenza viruses well. External Quality Assessment 2023
- Effects of woodsmoke on health: an update following an exploratory literature review
- Monitor nitrogen deposition in Natura 2000 areas 2023. Monitoring for the Nitrogen Reduction and Nature Improvement Act
- Overview of A&E care use
- Meta-analysis of epidemiological studies into the relationship between occupational exposure to chromium (VI) and cancers of the oral cavity, small intestine, pancreas, prostate and bladder
- Adverse health effects and diseases caused by chromium-6. Third update of the scientific literature