Birgit Mertens
Biographic Data
| ID | 736219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Birgit Mertens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Birgit |
| FAMILY NAME | Mertens |
| SIGNATURE | MERTENS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1013-7380 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Genetic and epigenetic biomarkers in human biomonitoring: Why needed and how can Oxford Nanopore sequencing contribute
Chemical risk assessment can benefit from integrating informative biomarkers in human biomonitoring (HBM). Beyond exposure biomarkers, effect biomarkers inform on biological reactions in the body, potentially leading to adverse effects, while susceptibility biomarkers address inter-individual variability in exposure. DNA methylation of key genes shows promise as an effect biomarker but this epigenetic mark remains underexplored in the context of …
When shareholder power kicks in: Corporate Financialization as Ratchet Behaviour and Sticky Payouts
The rise of payout ratios has been ascribed by financialization scholars to shareholder value orientation (SVO), a governance practice associated with dire consequences. However, it remains unclear how SVO translates into the behaviour that causes these consequences. Yet, identifying behaviour would not only allow us to causally infer what SVO entails for other firm stakeholders and wider society but also to unearth the institutional configuratio…
A standardisation approach to the control of socioeconomic confounding in small area studies of environment and health
OBJECTIVE--To assess how effectively a routine adjustment can be made for socio-economic confounding in small area studies of environment and health using indirect standardisation and small area deprivation indices, including analysis of the appropriate size of population unit on which to base the deprivation index and the importance of region and urban/rural status as axes of stratification. METHODS--Standardised morbidity ratios were calculated…
Vom (Nieder-) Deutschen zum Englischen: Untersuchungen zur sprachlichen Assimilation einer ländlichen Gemeinde im mittleren Westen Amerikas
The Current Status of Research on German Dialects in North America
A standardisation approach to the control of socioeconomic confounding in small area studies of environment and health
OBJECTIVE--To assess how effectively a routine adjustment can be made for socio-economic confounding in small area studies of environment and health using indirect standardisation and small area deprivation indices, including analysis of the appropriate size of population unit on which to base the deprivation index and the importance of region and urban/rural status as axes of stratification. METHODS--Standardised morbidity ratios were calculated…
A standardisation approach to the control of socioeconomic confounding in small area studies of environment and health
OBJECTIVE--To assess how effectively a routine adjustment can be made for socio-economic confounding in small area studies of environment and health using indirect standardisation and small area deprivation indices, including analysis of the appropriate size of population unit on which to base the deprivation index and the importance of region and urban/rural status as axes of stratification. METHODS--Standardised morbidity ratios were calculated…
Vom (Nieder-) Deutschen zum Englischen: Untersuchungen zur sprachlichen Assimilation einer ländlichen Gemeinde im mittleren Westen Amerikas
The Current Status of Research on German Dialects in North America
Genetic and epigenetic biomarkers in human biomonitoring: Why needed and how can Oxford Nanopore sequencing contribute
Chemical risk assessment can benefit from integrating informative biomarkers in human biomonitoring (HBM). Beyond exposure biomarkers, effect biomarkers inform on biological reactions in the body, potentially leading to adverse effects, while susceptibility biomarkers address inter-individual variability in exposure. DNA methylation of key genes shows promise as an effect biomarker but this epigenetic mark remains underexplored in the context of …
When shareholder power kicks in: Corporate Financialization as Ratchet Behaviour and Sticky Payouts
The rise of payout ratios has been ascribed by financialization scholars to shareholder value orientation (SVO), a governance practice associated with dire consequences. However, it remains unclear how SVO translates into the behaviour that causes these consequences. Yet, identifying behaviour would not only allow us to causally infer what SVO entails for other firm stakeholders and wider society but also to unearth the institutional configuratio…
Environmental health (2 works) · Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (1 works) · Biobank (1 works) · Bioinformatics (1 works) · Biology (1 works)