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Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems
Oktaria, Vicka; Ort, Christoph; Karaolia, Popi; Patel, Ekta H; Paterson, Steve; Rahman, Mahbubur; Rivera-Navarro, Pablo; Robinson, Alex; Santa-Maria, Monica C; Scarpino, Samuel V; Schmitt, Heike; Smith, ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to disability in men and women in France
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Nusselder, Wilma J; Dagmar Wapperom; Looman, Caspar W N; Renata T C Yokota; Herman Van Oyen; Jagger, Carol; Jean Marie Robine; Emanuelle ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in health expectancies in Belgium, 2001, 2004 and 2008
2004: 5.6; 2008: 5.3) was observed in our cross- sectional approach followed by a decrease in gender differences in DFLE (2001: 1.9; 2004: 1.3; 2008: 0.5) and increase in LED (2001: 4.0; 2004: 4.4; 2008: ...
Development of a dot-blot assay for the detection of mould-specific IgE in the Belgian population
flavus and A. niger (around 15%). The most frequent “major reactivities” were against A. niger and A. alternata (20–30%). In 25.1% of the samples, “major reactivities” were directed against a group of moulds ...
Health and economic burden of Campylobacter
Publication Type: Scientific book or chapter Authors: Brecht Devleesschauwer; Bouwknegt, Martijn; M.-J. Mangen; A. H. Havelaar Source: Health and economic burden of Campylobacter, Elsevier, Issue 2, ...
Is there evidence for correct diagnosis in cystic fibrosis registries?
predefined diagnostic criteria. RESULTS: Using as case definition sweat chloride >60mmol/L or 2 CFTR mutations identified, CF diagnosis was not documented in 2.8, 5.7, 6.5 and 21.6% of subjects in the F, B, ...
Risk factors for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a multi-laboratory study
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Boudewijn Catry; Katrien Latour; Jans, B; Vandendriessche,S.; Preal, R; Karl Mertens; O. Denis Source: PLoS.One., Volume 9, Issue 2, ...
Association between variables used in the field substitution and post-stratification adjustment in the Belgian health interview survey and non-response.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Johan Van der Heyden; Stefaan Demarest; Van Herck, Koen; De Bacquer, Dirk; Jean Tafforeau; Herman Van Oyen Source: Int J Public Health, ...
Quantifying burden of disease to support public health policy in Belgium: opportunities and constraints
Niko Speybroeck Source: BMC Public Health, Volume 14, Issue 1196 (2014) URL: http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1196 Keywords: Belgium Disability-Adjusted Life Years ...
Premature mortality in Belgium in 1993-2009: leading causes, regional disparities and 15 years change
(-21.0%) and the external causes (-20.8%). The larger decrease in single cause is observed for stomach cancer (-48.4%), road accident (-44%), genital organs (-40.4%) and lung (-34.6%) cancers. On the ...