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Using multiple measures to assess changes in social inequalities for breast cancer screening
indices measuring the total inequality impact at population level: the Population Attributable Fraction (PAF), the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) and the Slope Index of Inequality (SII). Results: All ...
Assessment of pfcrt 72-76 haplotypes eight years after chloroquine withdrawal in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
of uncomplicated malaria cases, as monotherapies had become ineffective in many parts of the world. As a result, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) withdrew chloroquine (CQ) from its malaria ...
National surveillance of nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units in Belgium (Neo-KISS)
Nosocomial infections Objective ON Patient patients period pilot Pneumonia prevention Primary bloodstream infection protocol Quality RATES report Respiratory result results risk Risk Factors Score study ...
Burden of influenza, healthcare seeking behaviour and hygiene measures during the A(H1N1)2009 pandemic in France: a population based study.
sample of the French population. RESULTS: For the 10 076 people included, 107 episodes of self-defined influenza were reported. The annual incidence of self-defined influenza was estimated at 13 942 cases ...
A targeted proteomics method to detect urinary biomarkers of kidney disease
Reproducibility result results risk Sample Samples Search SENSITIVITY Sensitivity and Specificity serum standards time Urinary urine Abstract: Acute and chronic kidney diseases are associated with an increased ...
Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Brussels- 1 year results (2010)
Brussels epidemiology meeting Molecular Molecular Epidemiology result results Tuberculosis Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in ...
Estimation of the dissociation rate of unlabelled ligand-receptor complexes by a 'two-step' competition binding approach.
class of sites, the unlabelled ligand’s dissociation rate can be estimated from the upward shift that the competition curve experiences after washing. KEY RESULTS: The relevance of the ‘two-step ...
Multiple risk behaviour: increasing socio-economic gap over time?
using logistic regression, stratified by sex. RESULTS: Of the adult population, 7.5% combined three to four unhealthy behaviours. Lower educated men are the most at risk. Besides, the OR among men ...
Screening for cervical cancer in Belgium" in Description of the national situation of cervical cancer screening in the member states of the European Union
care and other components in order to allow a proper interpretation of the summary results published elsewhere in this Special Issue. The brief national descriptions along with up-dated information on ...
Molecular mechanisms for the persistent bronchodilatory effect of the beta 2-adrenoceptor agonist salmeterol.
the models to describe the above in vitro findings was evaluated. KEY RESULTS: The ‘diffusion microkinetic’ model is sufficient to explain a long-lasting beta(2)-adrenoceptor stimulation and reassertion ...