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Linking animal and human health burden: challenges and opportunities
frameworks for zoonoses already consider some key pathogens; ensuring completeness in the pathogens considered and consistency in methodological decisions is an important next step. For diet, risk factor ...
Establishing disease models for the Belgian national burden of disease study: challenges and perspectives
different severity levels (e.g., mild, moderate, severe). Disease models used in burden of disease studies primarily aim to document the considered health states, and do not aim at a representation of the ...
Unravelling COVID-19 social mortality patterns using conditional inference tree algorithm
outcomes were considered in this study aiming at predicting sociodemographic (SD) and socioeconomic (SE) patterns of 1) COVID-19 specific death compared to survival; 2) all other causes of death (OCOD) ...
Informal caregiving and mental health: results from the Belgian health interview survey 2013 and 2018
health, considering potential moderators like education, age, and gender. Methods Using population-based data from the 2013 and 2018 waves of the Belgian Health Interview Survey (N = 14,661), we conducted ...
What makes an epidemic a disaster: the future of epidemics within the EM-DAT International Disaster Database.
be considered as disasters. Experts cited challenges in defining epidemic thresholds. However, they proposed pathogen-based criteria and agreed that disruption to society, especially to the healthcare ...
The importance of including a mental health dimension in a multimorbidity indicator: an analysis of Belgian health survey data.
disorders ought to be considered as well. This paper aims to measure the added value of including a mental health dimension in a population-based multimorbidity indicator and identify which mental health ...
COVID-19 mortality statistics: a comparative study of epidemiological surveillance data and death certificates in 2020 in Belgium
database can be unequivocally considered as gold standard for COVID-19 mortality statistics, they provide valuable insights for policy formulation. Improving real-time mortality data collection is crucial, ...
Characterizing the extent and nature of digital food and beverage marketing in Singapore- a descriptive study
actively use social media as a platform for promotion with a complex array of marketing techniques. A vast majority of these posts were unhealthy highlighting an urgent need to consider regulating digital ...
Safety assessment of the substance 2,2'-oxydiethylamine for use in plastic food contact materials.
pro-rata. Migrating oligomers were identified and semi-quantified in 10% ethanol, 3% acetic acid and olive oil. Considering the measured migration and the virtual presence at the LOQ of the oligomers below ...
Accuracy of immunological tests on serum and urine for diagnosis of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis: A systematic review
perform large-scale evaluations whilst holding into account both optimized test performance and ease of use. Accessibility to validated tests and feasibility of implementation should also be considered ...