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Impact of smoking on the contribution of chronic diseases to the disability burden in Belgium, 1997-2008

Health Conference, Issue?, Milan (2015) Keywords: 2001 2004 2008 a Activities of daily living Activity ADL age AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS Age-group Aged an ARTHRITIS AS Attack Back Back Pain Belgian Belgium ...

Identification of (antioxidative) plants in herbal pharmaceutical preparations and dietary supplements.

procedures for the identification, authentication, and quality control of medicinal plants and herbs are nowadays limited to pure herbal products. No guidelines or procedures, describing the detection or ...

The global activity limitation indicator and self-rated health: two complementary predictors of mortality.

The purpose of this study is to compare the ability of the Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI) and self-rated health (SRH) to predict all-cause mortality in the general adult population. ...

Biochemical analysis of the NAD+-dependent malate dehydrogenase, a substrate of several serine/threonine protein kinases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

p.e0123327 (2015) Keywords: acid Activity an analysis article AS at bacteria Belgium Brussels Bruxelles Citric Acid Cycle conditions de disease Diseases electronic environment ET Faculty health Hygiene im ...

Activity limitations predict health care expenditures in the general population in Belgium.

ill-health. Recent concepts of disability combine a biological understanding of impairment with the social dimension of activity limitation and resulted in the development of the Global Activity Limitation ...

Comparison of self-rated health and activity limitation as predictors of short term mortality in the older population.

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Johan Van der Heyden; Nicolas Berger; Herman Van Oyen Source: Public Health, Volume 129, Issue 3, p.283-5 (2015) Keywords: Aged Aged, 80 and over Belgium Diagnostic Self Evaluation Disabled Perso ...

Assessing the validity of the Global Activity Limitation Indicator in fourteen European countries.

Quality-Adjusted Life Years Surveys and Questionnaires Abstract: BACKGROUND: The Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI), the measure underlying the European indicator Healthy Life Years (HLY), is widely used to ...

Using mortality follow-up of surveys to estimate social inequalities in healthy life years.

BACKGROUND: The estimation of healthy life years (HLY) by socio-economic status (SES) requires two types of data: the prevalence of activity limitation by SES generally extracted from surveys and mortality ...

Falls among older general practice patients: a 2-year nationwide surveillance study.

Accidental Falls Age factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Belgium comorbidity Female Humans incidence Male Mobility Limitation Polypharmacy Primary Health Care Public Health Surveillance Risk Factors Self-Help ...

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