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Management of tick bites and suspicion of Lyme disease in Belgian primary care: compliance with national guidelines
Lyme disease suspicion. Method: A 6-year retrospective population-based study based on data collected by the Belgian network of Sentinel General Practices (SGP). GP s report on a case-by-case basis using ...
Benchmarking the nutrition-related commitments and practices of major Belgian food companies.
of nutrition-related commitments, as well as related practices of the largest Belgian food companies. METHODS: The ‘Business Impact Assessment on Obesity and population-level nutrition’ (BIA-Obesity) ...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in spices and dried herbs and associated risk for the Belgian population
Volume 15, Issue 4 (2022) Keywords: Belgium; GC-MS/MS; PAH; dried herbs; monitoring; risk assessment; spices Abstract: A total of 120 spices and herbs bought on the Belgian market have been analysed for ...
COVID-19 measures in Belgium: how perception and adherence of the general population differ between time periods.
population at two time periods: September 2020 (survey 1) and April/May 2021 (survey 2). METHODS: Two samples of approximately 2000 participants, representative for the Belgian population in terms of gender, ...
Prevalence and incidence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among primary healthcare providers in Belgium during 1 year of the COVID-19 epidemic: prospective cohort study protocol.
prevalence Prospective Studies SARS-CoV-2 Seroepidemiologic Studies Abstract: INTRODUCTION: National SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence data provide essential information about population exposure to the virus and help ...
Variability in the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality by exposure assessment method and covariate adjustment: A census-based country-wide cohort study
by exposure assessment method and by adjustment for geographic subdivisions. Methods We used the Belgian 2001 census linked to population and mortality register including nearly 5.5 million adults aged ...
The non-fatal burden of cancer in Belgium, 2004–2019: a nationwide registry-based study
to estimate the non-fatal burden of cancer in Belgium using national data. Methods We estimated the Belgian cancer burden from 2004 to 2019 in terms of YLD, using national population-based cancer ...
No molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in the blood of patients with erythema migrans in Belgium
Abstract: Background A number of tick-borne pathogens circulate in the Belgian tick population in addition to the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis. However, so far, only a few patients with tick-borne ...
The association between area deprivation and COVID-19 incidence: a municipality-level spatio-temporal study in Belgium, 2020–2021
each Belgian municipality using data of three socio-economic variables: the share of unemployed persons in the active population, the share of households without a car and the share of low-educated ...
Post COVID-19 condition and its physical, mental and social implications: protocol of a 2-year longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
the factors associated with an (un) favorable evolution. Methods: COVIMPACT is a longitudinal cohort study organised over a two-years period between April 2021 and April 2023. The eligible population is ...