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General practice patients treated for substance use problems: a cross-national observational study in Belgium.
substance-related problems; (ii) the profile and the magnitude of the patient population that is treated for substance use problems. METHODS: Observational study by the Belgian Network of Sentinel General Practices ...
Impact of Chronic Conditions and Multimorbidity on the Disability Burden in the Older Population in Belgium.
diseases. In this study, we assessed the impact of chronic conditions and multimorbidity on the disability burden in the older population in Belgium. METHODS: Data from 9,482 participants in the 2001, 2004, ...
Capture-Recapture Estimators in Epidemiology with Applications to Pertussis and Pneumococcal Invasive Disease Surveillance.
homogeneity of detection probabilities. Belgian datasets on invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and pertussis provided motivating examples. RESULTS: No estimator was unbiased in all scenarios. Performance of ...
Introducing speciation changes, human bioaccessibility and bioavailability in the risk evaluation of dietary inorganic arsenic intake: a Belgian case study
a rice-based diet have a 25- to 100-times higher uptake of iAs than the average Belgian population, depending on the consumed amount of rice and its preparation method. No health risks due to iAs intake or ...
Management and 6-month outcome of patients with diabetic foot problems: results from a nationwide quality improvement initiative between 2005 and 2014
Background: We describe the implementation and results of an audit-feedback quality improvement (QI) initiative in Belgian diabetic foot clinics (DFC s). Methods: Using self-developed software and ...
Treatment for substance use disorders: the Belgian Treatment Demand Indicator registration protocol.
multiple episodes followed by a same person. A large range of treatment facilities have the possibility to participate in this registration to allow a wide coverage of the population. DISCUSSION: The ...
Protocol of the Belgian food consumption survey 2014: objectives, design and methods.
consumption data are essential to evaluate and develop nutrition and food safety policies. The last national food consumption survey in Belgium took place in 2004 among the Belgian population aged 15 years and ...
Physical activity and sedentary behavior in Belgium (BNFCS2014): design, methods and expected outcomes.
provide evidence for the development of public health recommendations. This paper describes the methodology used for assessing physical activity and sedentary behavior in the Belgian population in the ...
Occurrence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and emerging halogenated flame retardants in food items
POPULATION PRODUCTS Quantification RANGE recommendation Residue result results Sample Samples silica Target TBA use values variety Vegetable Abstract: Brominated flame retardants (BFR s) are chemicals used in ...
Brominated flame retardants in Belgian foodstuffs- recent evaluation by a novel UPLC-MS/MS method
its derivatives in foodstuffs consumed by the Belgian population.Quantitative measurements were performed using ultra-high performance — tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC- MS / MS) on an ACQUITY UPLC ...