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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?
season, which commonly are considered to cause mild illness, mainly among children. Even though A(H3N2) also circulated in the 2017/18 season and may have contributed to the excess mortality among the ...
Development and validation of chromatographic methods for screening and subsequent quantification of suspected illegal antimicrobial drugs encountered on the Belgian market
treatment failures, stronger antimicrobial resistance and even the promotion of the emergence of superbugs. Therefore, simple and accurate analytical methods are necessary, which are capable to detect and ...
Predictors of personal continuity of care of patients with severe mental illness: A comparison across five European countries
patient population. Conclusion: Even in countries where exposure is decided through patient-clinician agreement, it was the admission hospital, not patient characteristics, that predicted exposure to care approaches. ...
Burden and Risk Assessment of Foodborne Disease
Campylobacter or Salmonella may result in disabling complications, long-term health outcomes, or even death. Furthermore, foodborne hazards include a broad range of microbiological and chemical agents, several of ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from prenatal exposure to methylmercury, 2015
the Americas D subregion had the greatest rate (54 DALY s per 100,000 population). The burden of disease associated with MeHg is therefore highly subregion-dependent even in areas that are ...
Longitudinal monitoring of Culicoides in Belgium between 2007 and 2011: local variation in population dynamics parameters warrant cautious use of monitoring data.
of collection sites for Culicoides monitoring, even in a small country such as Belgium, strongly influences abundance parameters and that yearly variation in seasonality occurs. This emphasizes that ...
The use of the global activity limitation Indicator and healthy life years by member states and the European Commission.
Results: The survey was answered by 22 Member States and by the Commission. HLY are often used to set targets and develop strategies in health such as national health plans. Analysis of HLY has even led to ...
The use of the permanent sample (eps) to study the returnto- work after cancer. Challenges and opportunities for research
Approximately 40 % of new cancer cases are diagnosed every year in the working age population (20-64 years). Maintaining their quality of life results, among others, in their retain on the labour market. Even ...
Annual report Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Registry 2016
heterozygous. The main reasons for diagnosis of CF are acute or recurrent respiratory problems (42.1%) and failure to thrive (24.4%). About 18.0% were diagnosed via neonatal screening even though Belgium has no ...
The use of the global activity limitation Indicator and healthy life years by member states and the European Commission
HLY are often used to set targets and develop strategies in health such as national health plans. Analysis of HLY has even led to policy change. In some countries, HLY have become the main indicator for ...