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Incidence estimation from sentinel surveillance data; a simulation study and application to data from the Belgian laboratory sentinel surveillance
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Toon Braeye; Sophie Quoilin; Hens, Niel Source: BMC Public Health, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2019) Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring ...
The value of seroprevalence data as surveillance tool for Lyme borreliosis in the general population: the experience of Belgium
Quoilin; Amber Litzroth Source: BMC Public Health, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2019) Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen ...
Global burden of cancer and coronary heart disease resulting from dietary exposure to arsenic, 2015
used the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates of food consumption in 17 country clusters, in conjunction with the reported measurements of total and inorganic arsenic in different foods. We ...
Subsequent mortality in survivors of Ebola virus disease in Guinea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study
é Fall; Pierre Formenty; R Judith R Glynn; Lorenzo Subissi Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2019) Keywords: ebola Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des ...
Subsequent mortality in survivors of Ebola virus disease in Guinea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study
é Fall; Pierre Formenty; R Judith R Glynn; Lorenzo Subissi Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2019) Keywords: ebola Health Topics: Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen Health and disease monitoring ...
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: NCD-RisC; Karin De Ridder Source: Nature, Volume 569, Issue 7755 (2019) Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la ...
Combining primary care surveillance and a meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of the clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2015–2017
other than EM, are more severe, hence these estimates are essential to assess the health burden and economic cost of LB which would be highly relevant for patients, healthcare providers and policymakers. ...
The seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium anno 2002 and 2006: a comparative analysis with hepatitis A virus seroprevalence
differs from the immunizing infection HAV. This was the first large-scale study of CMV and HAV serial datasets in Belgium, estimating seroprevalence specified by age and birth cohort. Health Topics: Health ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from prenatal exposure to methylmercury, 2015
for which no exposure data could be found. The global burden of MeHg-associated ID was quantified in terms of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY s) using the World Health Organization (WHO) Global ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to smoking differences in life expectancy with and without disability in Belgium
Oyen Source: European Journal of Public Health, Volume 28, Issue 5 (2018) Keywords: Chronic disease disabilities Disability-free life expectancy HEALTH EXPECTANCY Life expectancy mortality SMOKING ...