Vera Nelen

Provincial Institute for Hygiene — Belgium

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals(48), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact(44), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research(33), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment(32), Air Quality and Health Impacts(28)

Publications267 total

European Study of Prostate Cancer Screening — 23-Year Follow-up
New England Journal of Medicine·2025· 23 cited
Antiretroviral drug exposure in pregnancy and risk of congenital anomalies: a European case/non-case malformed study
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Risk of Congenital Ocular Anomaly After Prenatal Exposure to Medications: A <scp>EUROmediCAT</scp> Study
Birth Defects Research·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of Congenital Ocular Anomalies in 15 Countries of Europe: Results From the Medikeye Study
Birth Defects Research·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and organochlorines affects cognition in adolescence independent of postnatal exposure
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health·2024· 6 cited
Surveillance of multiple congenital anomalies; searching for new associations
European Journal of Human Genetics·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Analysis of DNA methylation at birth and in childhood reveals changes associated with season of birth and latitude
Clinical Epigenetics·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Ethics and legal requirements for data linkage in 14 European countries for children with congenital anomalies
BMJ Open·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Relationship Between Baseline Prostate-specific Antigen on Cancer Detection and Prostate Cancer Death: Long-term Follow-up from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
European Urology·2023· 29 citedOpen Access
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and immune system-related diseases: results from the Flemish Environment and Health Study (FLEHS) 2008–2014
Environmental Sciences Europe·2023· 21 citedOpen Access
Surveillance of multiple congenital anomalies; searching for new associations
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
Maternal age and the prevalence of congenital heart defects in Europe, 1995–2015: A register‐based study
Birth Defects Research·2023· 30 citedOpen Access
Additional file 5 of Analysis of DNA methylation at birth and in childhood reveals changes associated with season of birth and latitude
Figshare·2023Open Access
Additional file 1 of Analysis of DNA methylation at birth and in childhood reveals changes associated with season of birth and latitude
Figshare·2023Open Access
Additional file 8 of Analysis of DNA methylation at birth and in childhood reveals changes associated with season of birth and latitude
Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt)·2023Open Access
Additional file 6 of Analysis of DNA methylation at birth and in childhood reveals changes associated with season of birth and latitude
Figshare·2023Open Access
Amniotic band syndrome and limb body wall complex in Europe 1980–2019
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of vascular disruption anomalies and association with young maternal age: A <scp>EUROCAT</scp> study to compare the United Kingdom with other European countries
Birth Defects Research·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of congenital heart defects in Europe, 2008–2015: A registry‐based study
Birth Defects Research·2022· 34 citedOpen Access
Epidemiology of aplasia cutis congenita: A population‐based study in Europe
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology·2022· 21 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Greet Schoeters(20), Gudrun Koppen(14), Nicolas Van Larebeke(14), Ester Garne(13), Elly Den Hond(13), Anke Rißmann(12), David Tucker(12), Willy Baeyens(12), Jonas Hugosson(11), Harry J. de Koning(11), Marie‐Claude Addor(11), Miriam Gatt(11), Fritz H. Schröder(10), Monique J. Roobol(10), Maciej Kwiatkowski(10), Arnauld Villers(10), Anssi Auvinen(10), Judith Rankin(10), Babak Khoshnood(10), Tim S. Nawrot(10)