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Reflections on key methodological decisions in national burden of disease assessments
health measures Years lived with disability Years of life lost Abstract: Background Summary measures of population health are increasingly used in different public health reporting systems for setting ...
The burden of legionnaires’ disease in Belgium, 2013 to 2017
confirmed and reported to public health authorities. The aim of this study was to present indicators for the impact of LD in Belgium between 2013 and 2017 and to estimate its true burden in the Belgian ...
Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to low back pain in Malta
cause of ill health. A high prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints has been reported for Malta, a small European state. The aim was to estimate for the first time the burden of LBP at population level ...
Belgian national burden of disease study. Guidelines for the calculation of DALYs in Belgium
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Astrid Cornez; Brecht Devleesschauwer Source: Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium, p.94 (2020) Accession Number: ...
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 ...
Maladies infectieuses liées à l'eau et aux aliments: données 2015-2016
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Stéphanie Jacquinet; Sofieke Klamer; Javiera Rebolledo Source: p.172 (2018) Health Topics: Burden of ...
Surveillance van Clostridium difficile infecties in Belgische ziekenhuizen
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Els Duysburgh; Delmée, Michel; Van Broeck, Johan Source: p.13 (2017) Health Topics: Ziektelast Burden of ...
High Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Asymptomatic Individuals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with 14 million cases reported by the WHO Malaria Report in 2014. Asymptomatic malaria cases are known to be prevalent in endemic areas and are generally untreated, resulting ...
A review of known and hypothetical transmission routes for noroviruses
(NoV) outbreaks have often been reported and tend to affect a lot of people. NoV is spread via feces and vomit, but this NoV spread can occur through several transmission routes. While person-to-person ...
Impact of tobacco control interventions on health expectancies: use of dynamic modelling for health impact assessment in Belgium
in HLY (2.98y/2.35y) and the greatest reduction in ULY (-0.76y/-1.63y). Every simulated scenario reported an increase in HLY and a decrease in ULY when compared to the reference scenario, only the ...