Code
01D05220
Duration
01 November 2020 → 31 October 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Analytical separation and detection techniques
- Analytical spectrometry
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Medical and health sciences
- Public health nutrition
- Clinical toxicology
Keywords
Vitamin deficiencies
automated analysis of dried blood microsamples
epidemiological study
Project description
Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric methods will be set up for the determination of the water soluble vitamins thiamine and folate, starting from blood microsamples. Dried blood spot-based methods will be automated and applied in an epidemiological study. These methods are a useful tool allowing the determination of micronutrient deficiencies and evaluating possible
(preventive) treatments.