Search results - 86 results
Trends in health expectancy indicators in the older adult population in Belgium between 1997 and 2004.
the Sullivan method. Among males at age 65, the increase in years expected to live without chronic morbidity, without a disease cluster or without disability exceeded the increase of the life expectancy ...
A bacterial population study of commercialized wastewater inoculants.
https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/a-bacterial-population-study-commercialized-wastewater-inoculants
processes of the domestic waste compost in the septic tank. METHODS AND RESULTS: Eighteen wastewater inoculants were analysed on nonselective and selective media and the cultivable bacteria were identified. ...
Epidemiology of suicide and suicide attempts in Belgium: results from the sentinel network of general practitioners.
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the evolution of incidence of (attempted) suicide between 1993 and 2001 in Belgium and to examine trends in methods, first caretaker and aspects of seasonality. METHODS: In 1993-1995 and ...
Tetracycline-resistance in lactose-positive enteric coliforms originating from Belgian fattening pigs: degree of resistance, multiple resistance and risk factors.
determined by means of an agar dilution method. Tetracycline-resistant LPEC were found in every herd. The overall degree of tetracycline-resistance in LPEC was 56.8% (S.D. 22.4%). Only a very weak relation was ...
In vitro activities of ceftobiprole, tigecycline, daptomycin, and 19 other antimicrobials against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from a national survey of Belgian hospitals
Staphylococcus aureus method methods Microbial Sensitivity Tests microbiology Minocycline Molecular Epidemiology MRSA Multilocus Sequence Typing multiplex PCR national National Survey nosocomial Oxacillin Patient ...
Differential inequity in health expectancy by region in Belgium.
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the size of social inequities in health between regions in Belgium using a composite health measure, the disability free life expectancy (DFLE). METHODS: Mortality data ...
Collecting information on the quality of prescribing in primary care using semi-automatic data extraction from GPs' electronic medical records.
and 233 GP s collected data with paper registration sheets. METHODS: The proportion of patients with respectively a drug prescription, paracetamol, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and ...
Detection of HCV antibodies in oral fluid.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: De Cock, L; Veronik Hutse; Verhaegen, E; Sophie Quoilin; Vandenberghe, H; Vranckx, R Source: J Virol Methods, Volume 122, Issue 2, ...
Integrating adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy into children's daily lives: a qualitative study.
a pediatric population. METHODS: We performed a qualitative study of adherence in children who receive HAART in a Belgian pediatric acquired immune deficiency syndrome referral center. Eleven primary caregivers were ...
Validation of the CALUX bioassay for PCDD/F analyses in human blood plasma and comparison with GC-HRMS.
bioassay for biological sample analysis and to compare toxic equivalency (TEQ) values obtained by the reference GC- HRMS technique and by the screening method. This article focuses on the validation results ...