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Establishing an ad hoc COVID-19 mortality surveillance during the first epidemic wave in Belgium, 1 March to 21 June 2020
the results of additional investigations. Results : The participation rate was 100% for hospitals and 83% for nursing homes. Of all deaths, 85% were recorded within 2 calendar days: 11% within the same ...
Estimating the direct Covid-19 disability-adjusted life years impact on the Malta population for the first full year
a population level. Methods Mortality and weekly hospital admission data were used to calculate DALY s, based on the European Burden of Disease Network consensus Covid-19 model. Covid-19 infection duration of 14 days ...
Burden of non-communicable diseases in Cyprus, 1990–2017: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study
2017 and decomposed these time trends to assess the causes of death and disability that were the main drivers of change. Results In Cyprus in 2017, 83% (15,129 DALY s per 100,000; 12,809 to 17,707 95% ...
Bluetongue Virus Infections in Cattle Herds of Manabí Province of Ecuador
death may occur depending on the strain of the virus and other factors; cattle act as a reservoir for the virus. Although the Ecuadorian coast has climatic conditions that favor the presence of the ...
Residing in urban areas with higher green space is associated with lower mortality risk: A census-based cohort study with ten years of follow-up
residing in the five largest urban areas in Belgium (n = 2,185,170 and mean follow-up time 9.4 years). Residential addresses were available at baseline. Exposure to green space was defined as 1) surrounding ...
Enantiomeric fraction of hexabromocyclododecanes in foodstuff from the Belgian market
enantiomeric fractions of the same samples. None of the samples could be considered as racemic for the α-isomer suggesting that foodstuff contamination occurred prior to death of the corresponding producing ...
All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century.
deaths and the COVID-19 mortality rate per million were calculated for hospitals, nursing homes and other places of death, according to diagnostic status (confirmed/possible infection). To evaluate ...
Annual Report Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Registry 2018
Belgium had no national neonatal screening program at the time. Within the year, sixteen deaths were reported (nine of them among transplanted patients) with age at death ranging from 20.4 to 70.2 years. ...
End-of-life communication in advanced cancer: international trends (2009-2014).
a standardised form, GP s registered all deceased adult patients in their practice and reported for five end-of-life care topics whether they had been discussed with the patient. Non-sudden cancer deaths were ...
ADVANCE database characterisation and fit for purpose assessment for multi-country studies on the coverage, benefits and risks of pertussis vaccinations.
pneumonia, death, fever, convulsions, injection site reactions, hypotonic hypo-responsive episode, persistent crying) and vaccines (acellular pertussis and whole cell pertussis) related to the pertussis proof ...