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Distribution of HCV genotypes in Belgium from 2008 to 2015.
genotype 3. Patients infected with genotype 3 are also younger (mean age 41.7 years) than patients infected with other genotypes (mean age above 50 years for all genotypes). The patients for whom ...
The use of the permanent sample (eps) to study the returnto- work after cancer. Challenges and opportunities for research
Adult Belgium Cancer Survivors Cohort Studies Disabled Persons Female Humans Male middle aged Neoplasms Quality of Life Return to Work Sampling Studies unemployment Work Capacity Evaluation Young adult ...
Changes in health in Belgium, 1990-2016: a benchmarking analysis based on the global burden of disease 2016 study
initial members of the European Union (EU15). RESULTS: Belgium performed significantly better in 2016 than in 1990 in terms of age-standardized (AS) Year of Life Lost (YLL) rates but not significantly ...
Decreasing rates of major lower-extremity amputation in people with diabetes but not in those without: a nationwide study in Belgium.
Data for 2009-2013 were provided by the Belgian national health insurance funds, covering more than 99% of the Belgian population (about 11 million people). We estimated the age-sex standardised annual ...
Prophylactic vaccination against human papillomaviruses to prevent cervical cancer and its precursors.
ADOLESCENT Adult Female Human papillomavirus 16 Human papillomavirus 18 Humans middle aged Papillomavirus Infections Papillomavirus Vaccines Precancerous Conditions Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome Randomized ...
Relationships between aeroallergen levels and hospital admissions for asthma in the Brussels-Capital Region: a daily time series analysis.
holidays, mean temperature and relative humidity. Effect modification by age and air pollution (PM, NO, O) was tested. RESULTS: A significant increase in asthma hospitalizations was observed for an ...
Clinical burden of hepatitis E virus infection in a tertiary care center in Flanders, Belgium.
(8,5%) and HEV RNA in 4 (5,6%) patients. All HEV IgM/ RNA positive patients were male, aged 41-63, and classified in the clinical groups a), b) or d). HEV IgG seroprevalence was slightly higher but not ...
Short-term effects of nitrogen dioxide on hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease in Wallonia, Belgium.
cardiovascular health in Wallonia for the period 2008-2011. This study also seeks to evaluate the effects of age, gender, season and temperature on this association. The effect of the delay between exposure and ...
The effect of enteral tube feeding in cystic fibrosis: A registry based study.
(CF) remains equivocal. METHODS: A Belgian CF registry based, retrospective, longitudinal study, evaluated the pre- and post- ETF (n = 113) clinical evolution and compared each patient with 2 age ...
Seroprevalence and risk factors related to small ruminant lentivirus infections in Belgian sheep and goats.
size, animal health condition, age, flock constitution and housing conditions. Samples were collected from maximum 7 animals per farm and tested in a commercial ELISA. In total, we received samples from ...