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Disability Weights for Chronic Mercury Intoxication Resulting from Gold Mining Activities: Results from an Online Pairwise Comparisons Survey.
mining, mercury is used for gold-extraction, putting miners and nearby residents at risk of chronic metallic mercury vapor intoxication (CMMVI). Burden of disease (BoD) analyses allow the estimation of the ...
Results of the Belgian Sentinel Network of General Practitioners on the Involvement of Therapists in Stroke Rehabilitation.
received significant more physiotherapy after one month (63%) compared to non-paralysed patients (38%) (P = 0.005). Residing in a nursing home was associated with higher proportions of patients receiving ...
BruxAir. Short-term health effects of air pollution in the Brussels Capital Region 2004-2011: an epidemiological time series approach.
purchases for residents of Brussels (and the rest of Belgium). The date and quantity of sales were linked to personal characteristics (age, sex, place of residence) and to exposure measurements (daily, 4x4km² ...
Direct cost saving potential in medication costs due to a reduction in outdoor air pollution for the Brussels Capital Region.
to model daily sales on daily air pollution concentrations (NO2, PM10 and PM2.5) for residents of the Brussels Capital Region as a whole. In addition, a higher geographical resolution of both sales and ...
Short-term health effects in the general population following a major train accident with acrylonitrile in Belgium.
residents living in the close vicinity of the accident and along the sewage system were evacuated. A human biomonitoring study of the adduct N-2-cyanoethylvaline (CEV) was carried out days 14-21 after ...
Genotyping and strain distribution of Mycobacterium avium subspecies hominissuis isolated from humans and pigs in Belgium, 2011-2013.
residence or the farm of origin for human and porcine isolates respectively, suggesting an environmental source of infection. Health Topics: Animal health Category: A1 FOS Classification: 4.03 Veterinary ...
Hospitalisations at the end of life in four European countries: a population-based study via epidemiological surveillance networks.
Spain: 14-31%). Hospitalisations in the last week of life were more likely if patients resided at home rather than in a care home (OR s and 95% CI s Belgium: 1.94 (1.28 to 2.94); the Netherlands: 2.61 ...
TOGETHER Project to Increase Understanding of the HIV Epidemic Among Sub-Saharan African Migrants: Protocol of Community-Based Participatory Mixed-Method Studies.
estimates for a representative sample of SAM residing in a West European city. By triangulating qualitative and quantitative insights, the project will generate an in-depth understanding of the factors that ...
Synthesis and anti-tubercular activity of N(2)-arylbenzo[g]isoquinoline-5,10-dione-3-iminium bromides.
= 28.51 μM, SI = 24.58) was selected as the most promising representative. Apart from the nano-molar anti-mycobacterial activity, the compound was able to target intracellular residing Mycobacterium ...
TOGETHER Project to Increase Understanding of the HIV Epidemic Among Sub-Saharan African Migrants: Protocol of Community-Based Participatory Mixed-Method Studies
methods, this project provides the first HIV prevalence estimates for a representative sample of SAM residing in a West European city. By triangulating qualitative and quantitative insights, the project will ...