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Risk factors for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a multi-laboratory study
agents and infection/colonization with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) taking additional factors like stay in a health care facility into account. METHODS: Multi-centre retrospective ...
Association between variables used in the field substitution and post-stratification adjustment in the Belgian health interview survey and non-response.
techniques in the Belgian health interview survey 2004 are associated with non-response and assessed the impact of field substitution and post-stratification adjustment on the survey results. METHODS: Data ...
Premature mortality in Belgium in 1993-2009: leading causes, regional disparities and 15 years change
paper presents the leading causes and the regional disparities in premature mortality in 2008–2009 and the changes since 1993. Methods All deaths occurring in the periods 1993–1999 and 2003–2009, in ...
Using multiple measures to assess changes in social inequalities for breast cancer screening
multiple indices, and to assess the contribution of the national breast cancer screening programme in these changes. Methods: Data were obtained from four waves of the Belgian Health Interview Survey. The ...
Assessment of pfcrt 72-76 haplotypes eight years after chloroquine withdrawal in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
resistance (CQR) in DRC and the second about the presence of the SVMNT haplotype, which would compromise the use of AQ as a partner drug for ACT. METHODS: A total of 213 thick blood films were randomly ...
Diagnostic technology: alternative sampling methods for collection of urine specimens in older adults
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Katrien Latour; Plüddemann, A; Thompson, M; Boudewijn Catry; Price, CP; Heneghan, C; Buntinx, F Source: Family Medicine and Community Health, Volume 1, Issue 2 (2013) Keywords: older adults Urina ...
Burden of influenza, healthcare seeking behaviour and hygiene measures during the A(H1N1)2009 pandemic in France: a population based study.
self-defined influenza during the A(H1N1)2009 pandemic in the French population. METHODS: We conducted a random-based retrospective cross-sectional telephone survey between May 2009 and April 2010 among a random ...
Estimation of the dissociation rate of unlabelled ligand-receptor complexes by a 'two-step' competition binding approach.
Besides providing satisfactory estimations of dissociation rates, the method also detects the ability of the unlabelled ligand molecules to be released from ‘sinks’ such as the cell membrane. CONCLUSIONS ...
Multiple risk behaviour: increasing socio-economic gap over time?
behaviours, has been analysed with the purpose to assess socio-economic changes in multiple risk behaviour over time. METHODS: Cross-sectional data from the Belgian Health Interview Surveys 1997, 2001 and 2004 ...
Does a national screening programme reduce socioeconomic inequalities in mammography use?
later (2004), and to assess if the implementation of an organised screening programme has been successful in reducing socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of mammography. METHODS: Data was obtained ...