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Prevalence of drug use before and during imprisonment in seven European countries (2014-2018)

represent a point of access to engage individuals who use drugs in interventions that address drug use and risk factors related to both drug use and imprisonment. Health Topics:  Illicit drugs Drogues ...

The health and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Belgium from 2013 to 2018

most costly. CONCLUSION: MSK disorders represent a major health and economic burden in Belgium. As their burden will probably continue to increase in the future, acting on the risk factors associated to these ...

Using random-forest multiple imputation to address bias of self-reported anthropometric measures, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in the Belgian health interview survey

BACKGROUND: In many countries, the prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors is commonly assessed through self-reported information from health interview surveys. It has been shown, however, that ...

HPV-based Cervical Cancer Screening on Self-samples in the Netherlands: Challenges to Reach Women and Test Performance Questions.

been screened previously and differed also with respect to sociodemographic factors. Subsequent more active promotion and increasing the ease to obtain kits increased the proportion opting for ...

The effectiveness of food system policies to improve nutrition, nutrition-related inequalities and environmental sustainability: a scoping review

provide good-quality evidence on food systems policies/interventions, in particular in the food supply chains domain. Research to fill this knowledge gap is needed. Health Topics:  Lifestyle risk factors ...

The contribution of cacao consumption to the bioaccessible dietary cadmium exposure in the Belgian population

risk assessment leading to that regulation used consumption surveys aggregated to a limited number of chocolate product categories and did not consider differences in Cd bioaccessibility. Here, the ...

Daily heart rate characteristics, allergy symptom severity and mood in adults with allergic rhinitis

acute, daily changing factors that could underlie these cardiac alterations. Aim: To estimate associations between daily heart rate characteristics (i.e. resting heart rate, autocorrelation and sample ...

Impact of experimental design factors on the potency of genotoxicants in in vitro test

need to evaluate the impact of experimental design factors with adequate approaches. Service:  Évaluation des risques et de l'impact sur la santé Risico- en gezondheidsimpactevaluatie Risk and ...

Understanding sexual transmission dynamics and transmission contexts of monkeypox virus: a mixed-methods study of the early outbreak in Belgium (May-June 2022).

OBJECTIVE: The available epidemiological and clinical evidence from the currently ongoing monkeypox (MPX) outbreak in non-endemic areas suggests an important factor of sexual transmission. However, limited ...

Determinants of the risk of burnout among nurses during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Belgium: A cross‐sectional study

burnout risk among nurses during the peak of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium andtoidentify risk groups and protective and risk factors. Background: Nurses are at high risk of burnout and ...

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