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Synthetic Cannabinoids and Cannabis: How the Patterns of Use Differ: Results from the European Web Survey on Drugs
characteristics, and use of other drugs differ among people who only use cannabis and those that use synthetic cannabinoids. Data from the second wave of the European Web Survey on Drugs, a web-based cross-sectional ...
Contents of Amoxicillin Drugs Dispensed in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
(n=1), Germany(n=1), and Switzerland (n=1). The specimens were checked for falsifications following the WHO checklist. Content identity and amount of antibiotics in the specimens was investigated by Ultra ...
The European response to the WHO call cervical cancer as a public health problem
Issue 2 (2021) Keywords: cervical cancer screening COVID-19 elimination of cervical cancer Europe HPV vaccination WHO Abstract: The age‐standardised incidence of cervical cancer in Europe varies widely ...
A Summer of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Belgian Waterbodies: Microcystin Quantification and Molecular Characterizations
Health Organization (WHO) recommended guideline value for microcystins in recreational water (24 µg L−1) was surpassed in 18 samples. The microcystin concentrations ranged from 0.11 µg L−1 to 2798.81 µg ...
Post COVID-19 condition and its physical, mental and social implications: protocol of a 2-year longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
aims to set up a cohort of people who have been tested positive for COVID-19 and study the evolution of their physical, mental and social health over the medium (3 months) and long term (two years), and ...
Past, present, and future trends of overweight and obesity in Belgium using Bayesian age-period-cohort models
for overweight, and 17,2% [2,5%; 61,8%] for obesity is most likely. Conclusions. Our projections show that the WHO target to halt obesity by 2025 will most likely not be achieved. There is an urgent ...
Variation in smoking attributable all-cause mortality across municipalities in Belgium, 2018: application of a Bayesian approach for small area estimations
worldwide, with the European Region having the highest prevalence of tobacco smoking among adults compared to other WHO regions. The Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS) provides a reliable source of ...
Air pollution in association with mental and self-rated health and the mediating effect of physical activity
activity in this association. Methods In 2008, 2013 and 2018 the Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS) enrolled 16,455 participants who completed following mental health dimensions: psychological distress, ...
Lyme borreliosis in Belgium: a cost-of-illness analysis
erythema migrans (EM) or disseminated/late LB, including patients who developed post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). Direct medical, direct non-medical (transportation & paid help) and indirect ...
Burden of foodborne disease due to bacterial hazards associated with beef, dairy, poultry meat, and vegetables in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, 2017
producing E. coli and non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica were obtained from WHO and updated to 2017 using data from the Global Burden of Disease study. Attribution data obtained from WHO were complemented with ...