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Multinomial additive hazard model to assess the disability burden using cross-sectional data.
Population aging is accompanied by the burden of chronic diseases and disability. Chronic diseases are among the main causes of disability, which is associated with poor quality of life and high health care ...
Public Health Impact of Congenital Toxoplasmosis and Cytomegalovirus Infection in Belgium, 2013: A Systematic Review and Data Synthesis.
Infect Dis, Volume 65, Issue 4, p.661-668 (2017) Keywords: burden of disease congenital infections DALY data gaps Abstract: Congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) and cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV) may cause ...
Attribution of global foodborne disease to specific foods: Findings from a World Health Organization structured expert elicitation
Global Health Humans prevalence World Health Organization Abstract: BACKGROUND: Recently the World Health Organization, Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) estimated that 31 ...
World Health Organization estimates of the relative contributions of food to the burden of disease due to selected foodborne hazards: A structured expert elicitation
attribution Abstract: Background The Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) was established in 2007 by the World Health Organization (WHO) to estimate the global burden of foodborne ...
Surveillance van Clostridium difficile infecties in Belgische ziekenhuizen
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Els Duysburgh; Delmée, Michel; Van Broeck, Johan Source: p.13 (2017) Health Topics: Ziektelast Burden of ...
The HUMTICK study: protocol for a prospective cohort study on post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome and the disease and cost burden of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium.
However, accurate data on the disease and monetary burden for the different clinical manifestations are lacking. Despite recommended antibiotic treatment, a proportion of Lyme patients report persisting ...
Historical aspects of iodine deficiency control.
are not included in the current estimation of the Global Burden Disease related to iodine deficiency. Severe iodine deficiency as a public health problem is now largely under control worldwide, but can ...
Initiative for Quality Improvement and Epidemiology in Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinics (IQED-Foot)- Results of the 4th data collection (audit years 2013-2014)
occurred in over 80% of cases. Vascular imaging occurred in nearly 80% of patients with peripheral arterial disease. Revascularization occurred in nearly 70% of patients with severe ischemia. Between-centre ...
Health and economic burden of Campylobacter
Campylobacter is estimated to be the sixth most important contributor to the global burden of foodborne disease, and is consistently ranked among the leading causes of foodborne disease burden in high-income ...
Disability Weights for Chronic Mercury Intoxication Resulting from Gold Mining Activities: Results from an Online Pairwise Comparisons Survey.
mining, mercury is used for gold-extraction, putting miners and nearby residents at risk of chronic metallic mercury vapor intoxication (CMMVI). Burden of disease (BoD) analyses allow the estimation of the ...