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Clinical outcomes of health-care-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in patients admitted to European intensive-care units: a cohort study.
units are at high risk of health-care-associated infections, and many are caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. We aimed to assess excess mortality and length of stay in intensive-care units from ...
Multiple risk behaviour: increasing socio-economic gap over time?
20, Issue 6, p.634-9 (2010) Keywords: ADOLESCENT Adult Alcoholism Belgium cross-sectional studies Educational Status Feeding Behavior Female Health behavior Humans LIFE STYLE Male prevalence Risk-Taking ...
Food consumption patterns among adolescent and young adult smokers.
ADOLESCENT Belgium cross-sectional studies Educational Status Feeding Behavior Female Humans Logistic Models Male nutritional status risk SMOKING Surveys and Questionnaires Young adult Health Topics: Health ...
The reliability of the Minimum European Health Module.
J Public Health, Volume 54, Issue 2, p.55-60 (2009) Keywords: ADOLESCENT Adult Aged Attitude to Health Belgium Chronic disease Disability Evaluation Europe Female Health Status Indicators health surveys ...
Does a national screening programme reduce socioeconomic inequalities in mammography use?
from the 2001 and 2004 Health Interview Survey. Data were analysed by logistic regression with educational level as proxy for the socioeconomic status. The gradient of socioeconomic inequalities was ...
Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer mortality in 16 European populations.
paid to inequalities in Eastern European and Baltic countries. METHODS: Data were obtained from mortality registers, population censuses and health interview surveys in 16 European populations. ...
Trends in social inequalities in obesity: Belgium, 1997 to 2004.
Belgium cross-sectional studies Female Health Status Disparities Humans Interviews as Topic Male middle aged Obesity Risk Assessment sex factors social class Young adult Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Studies ...
Trends in health expectancy indicators in the older adult population in Belgium between 1997 and 2004.
youngest old and especially among males, accompanied by an improved health status. At age 80 and particularly among women expansion of unhealthy years prevails. Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring ...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization is associated with higher mortality in nursing home residents with impaired cognitive status.
cognitive impairment, with the highest effect in patients with severe cognitive impairment (adjusted HR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.1-2.8) and absence of effect in residents with good mental status (adjusted HR = 0.8, ...
Interactive analysis of Belgian vital statistics on the Internet.
the Centre for Operational Research in Public Health (CORPH) is to optimize the accessibility to health information, thus making it possible to measure and follow up the health status of the Belgian ...