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Is individual educational level related to end-of-life care use? Results from a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Belgium.
Status Female HEALTH POLICY Health Services Accessibility Humans Infant Male middle aged Models, Psychological Multivariate Analysis ODDS RATIO Palliative Care Practice Patterns, Physicians' ...
A venue-based HIV prevalence and behavioural study among men who have sex with men in Antwerp and Ghent, Flanders, Belgium, October 2009 to March 2010.
HIV positive (n=35, five were unaware of their HIV status or self-reported as being HIV negative. One in five respondents were of non-Belgian nationality. The results showed relatively high rates of ...
Prophylactic vaccination against human papillomaviruses to prevent cervical cancer and its precursors.
antibodies against the vaccine HPV types). We will assess clinical effectiveness by evaluating outcomes in all women, irrespective of the HPV DNA or serology status at enrolment. Evaluation by fine age and ...
Measles resurgence in Belgium from January to mid-April 2011: a preliminary report.
Belgium, whereas throughout 2010, there were only 40. Of the 103 cases with known vaccination status, 87% had not been vaccinated with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. The resurgence of measles is the ...
Cattle, sheep and pigs vaccinated against foot and mouth disease: does trade in these animals and their products present a risk of transmitting the disease?
and mouth disease (FMD) status of a country or region has a profound bearing on access to export markets for live animals and animal products. In countries without FMD-free status, and in accordance ...
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 ...
Sampling strategy, occurrence and diversity of free-living protozoa in domestic refrigerators.
(Tubulinea). The FLP-positive status of refrigerator surfaces was correlated with a high aerobic plate count. CONCLUSIONS: The cotton wool sampling method is useful to sample FLP from plastic surfaces. FLP are ...
Cadmium exposure in the population: from health risks to strategies of prevention.
the effects of cadmium (Cd) on human health and their prevention. Recently, there has been substantial progress in the exploration of the shape of the Cd concentration-response function on osteoporosis ...
CYP3A5 and ABCB1 polymorphisms influence tacrolimus concentrations in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after renal transplantation.
concentrations might in turn enhance immunosuppressive status and prevention or rejection, ABCB1 recipient genotyping might be useful to better individualize the Tac immunosuppressive therapy in ...
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 ...