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Comment to 'Letter to the editor Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Editors’ letter Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Letter to the editor KU Leuven
Letter to editor: Blood pressure, hypertension and lead exposure KU Leuven
A significant association of office diastolic blood pressure with low-level blood lead exposure was reported in a Brazilian adult population. However, caution should be taken to interpret these results. The multivariable-adjusted association with blood pressure was positive for diastolic blood pressure, but inverse for systolic blood pressure. The association sizes were infinitesimal without clinical relevance. The outcome measures, i.e. blood ...
New Jesuit testimonies from the Far East on the comet of March 1668: The diary of Visitor Luis da Gama (Macau) and a letter of Ferdinand Verbiest (Peking, 1668) KU Leuven
A fragment of a handwritten private diary from a Jesuit in Macau (1668) contains, among others, a first person description of the "sungrazing" comet of March 1668. Although not made by a expert observer, it confirms that the simultaneous description, given by Ferdinand Verbiest, SJ, living in Peking, 2000 km. more to the North, was indeed of this comet (see Almagest 5.1); both testimonies should therefore be added as authentic complementary ...