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European all-cause excess and influenza-attributable mortality in the 2017/18 season: should the burden of influenza B be reconsidered?
excess and influenza-attributable mortality during the season 2017/18 in Europe. Methods Based on weekly reporting of mortality from 24 European countries or sub-national regions, representing 60% of the ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from dietary exposure to lead, 2015
also run for WHO regions that sampled in the variability dimension based on the population size of the individual countries in each region. Dietary exposure to lead occurs throughout the world. The ...
A probabilistic approach for risk-benefit assessment of food substitutions: A case study on substituting meat by fish
Voet Source: Food Chem Toxicol, Volume 126, Number 96 (2019) Keywords: Disability-Adjusted Life Years Food-based dietary guidelines health impact Risk-Benefit Assessment (RBA) Substitution Usual intake ...
Asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults: the most fragile women are prone to long-term colonization
based on vague symptoms and a positive culture. The high prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU), which cannot be easily discriminated from an acute infection in this population, is frequently ...
Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis
relative contribution of four known socioeconomic factors to the variability in U5M in sub-Saharan countries. Methods The study was based on birth histories from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted ...
The EMPCAN study: protocol of a population-based cohort study on the evolution of the socio-economic position of workers with cancer
the working age population (16–64 years). There is a strong need to assess and understand their reintegration on the labour market, which underlines and ensures their social integration and quality of ...
Habitual food consumption of the Belgian population in 2014-2015 and adherence to food-based dietary guidelines
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Sarah Bel; Karin De Ridder; Thérésa Lebacq; Cloë Ost; Teppers, Eveline; Koenraad Cuypers; Jean Tafforeau Source: Archives of Public Health, Volume 77, Issue 1 (2019) Health Topics: Food consumpt ...
Global burden of cancer and coronary heart disease resulting from dietary exposure to arsenic, 2015
indicate that, globally, each year the combined DALY s for all cancers attributable to inorganic arsenic in food are approximately 1.4 million with variation in global distribution based on population and ...
Assessing factors associated with long-term work disability after cancer in Belgium: a population-based cohort study using competing risks analysis with a 7-year follow-up
ability to work after cancer. Such insight should help with the planning of rehabilitation needs and tailored programmes. PARTICIPANTS We conducted this register-based cohort study using individual data ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from prenatal exposure to methylmercury, 2015
biomarker, and a dose-effect relationship of an 0.18 point IQ reduction per µg/g increase in maternal hair Hg was assumed, based on a meta-analysis. A systematic review was conducted to obtain country-specific ...