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Social integration of people with non-psychotic mental illness over the last 2 decades: the widening gap in the adult population in Belgium
to 2018. Three degrees of non-psychotic MI severity were compared using the 12-items General Health Questionnaire: no MI, moderate MI, and severe MI (score7). Social integration was measured using ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
include children aged 2-17 years. The highest educational level among parents is used as a proxy for SES and is dichotomized into lower (at most a higher secondary degree versus high (higher education). ...
Microbial quality analysis of falsified medicines seized by controling agencies
bachelor’s degree thesis, I present the results obtained for the bacterial and fungal contamination preset in illicit PDE-5 inhibitors, seized by Belgian authorities, by determining their bioburden. Bioburden ...
Developing evidence-informed indicators to monitor HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmes across EU/EEA countries: a multi-stakeholder consensus
continuum, and offer a prioritisation based on the degree of consensus among the expert panel. We distinguish between ‘core’ indicators deemed essential for any PrEP programme in the EU / EEA, vs ...
Daily allergy burden and heart rate characteristics in adults with allergic rhinitis based on a wearable telemonitoring system
Background Allergic rhinitis includes a certain degree of autonomic imbalance. However, no information is available on how daily changes in allergy burden affect autonomic imbalance. We aimed to estimate ...
Capacity building in European health information systems: the InfAct peer assessment methodology.
based on 12 semi-structured interviews. RESULTS: The main advantage of the assessments is its informal atmosphere, high degree of objectiveness and its networking opportunities. Disadvantages are its ...
Citizens’ perception of and engagement with health data secondary use and sharing in Europe – a literature review
the governance of health data, or their participation in research projects. These models varied depending on the degree of involvement and power that citizens had on the decisions and actions taken. ...
Particle size analysis of pristine food-grade titanium dioxide and E 171 in confectionery products: Interlaboratory testing of a SP-ICP-MS screening method and confirmation with transmission electron microscopy.
relatively simple sample food matrices used in this study, bath sonication turned out to be sufficient to reach the highest, achievable degree of dispersed constituent particles. For the pristine material, ...
Residing in urban areas with higher green space is associated with lower mortality risk: A census-based cohort study with ten years of follow-up
(PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and BC, one at a time), and we additionally explored potential mediation with the aforementioned pollutants. Results Higher degrees of residential green space were associated with lower ...
Carry-over of some Fusarium mycotoxins in tissues and eggs of chickens fed experimentally mycotoxin-contaminated diets
at a very low degree, thus marginally contribute to the total dietary intake of these fusariotoxins for consumers. Nevertheless, taking precautionary measures in the field, harvest, transport and ...