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Perspective: Essential Study Quality Descriptors for Data from Nutritional Epidemiologic Research.
quality of cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies and dietary measurement. Second, 2 face-to-face workshops were organized to determine the study characteristics that affect data quality. Third, ...
What can the CF registry tell us about rare CFTR-mutations? A Belgian study.
to CF-controls, carrying 2 class 1 to 3 mutations (CF classic). Disease severity was compared between both groups. To avoid bias in the comparison, transplanted patients were excluded from each group. ...
Pertussis diagnosis in Belgium: results of the National Reference Centre for Bordetella anno 2015.
It is clear that pertussis continues to be a problem in Belgium and that other vaccination strategies (maternal vaccination, cocoon vaccination) and ultimately better vaccines will be needed to control ...
Present status of laboratory diagnosis of human taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe.
diagnosis of these pathologies is relevant for their prevention and control. The aims of this study were to know the diagnostic tests used in European laboratories for human taeniosis/cysticercosis by means ...
Ethnicity impacts the cystic fibrosis diagnosis: A note of caution.
controls) and 14% have sweat chloride values below 60mmol/L (versus 6% in non-Asians). Also, CFTR mutations differ from those in Caucasians: 55% of British Asian patients with CF do not have one mutation ...
Vaccine preventable bacterial diseases in Belgium: monitoring of general population immunity and pregnancy vaccination strategies
vaccination. Diphtheria and tetanus are now under control although sporadic cases still occur in highly vaccinated populations, whereas pertussis is re-emerging in some developed countries despite the high ...
Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study.
processing blocks, all sectioning centers underwent a quality control to guarantee a satisfactory training process. The first and last sections of the FFPE s were used for histopathological assessment. ...
Prenatal diagnosis and prevention of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Northern Vietnam: study protocol.
strengthen sustainable control of toxoplasmosis in Vietnam, provide a protocol for prenatal diagnosis, boost overall awareness, improve the knowledge about toxoplasmosis prevention and can be essential for ...
Epidemiologie van Clostridium difficile infecties in België: Rapport 2017
strategie in België voor een betere controle over CDI erin bestaat omzichtig om te springen met antibiotica. Health Topics: Résistance aux antimicrobiens (AMR) Antimicrobiële resistentie (AMR) Antimicrobial ...
Income-related inequality in smoking cessation among adult patients with cardiovascular disease: a 5-year follow-up of an angiography intervention in Luxembourg.
current smokers at follow-up and 56.8% had quit smoking. In the multivariate logistic models, quitting smoking was associated with income even after controlling for socio-demographic, diagnostic, and ...