Zoekresultaten - 16 results
Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study.
A consensus histopathology evaluation form was developed by an international panel of pathologists and evaluated for four indicators in a pilot analysis in order to validate it: 1) presence/type of tumor ...
Educational inequalities in premature mortality by region in the Belgian population in the 2000s
relevant for policy-makers, as a tool for planning and evaluation. We analyzed the educational disparities by region for all-cause and cause-specific premature mortality in the Belgian population. Methods ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to functional limitations using a multinomial outcome: results for the older population in Belgium and Brazil
we recently proposed an extension to multinomial responses, since different disability levels are often investigated in surveys. This is the first application of the extended method to evaluate ...
Impact of Chronic Conditions and Multimorbidity on the Disability Burden in the Older Population in Belgium.
Disability Evaluation Female health surveys Humans Male middle aged Musculoskeletal Diseases prevalence Respiratory Tract Diseases Abstract: BACKGROUND: The increase in longevity along with a high prevalence ...
Assessing the sensitivity and representativeness of the Belgian Sentinel Network of Laboratories using test reimbursement data.
adhesions of laboratories over time, it is important to evaluate whether the SNL is still fit for purpose. This study aims to evaluate aspects of the sensitivity and representativeness of the SNL by means of ...
Epidemiological situation of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2003 to 2012.
Health, Volume 73, Issue 1 (2015) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Some studies show that the incidence of Lyme borreliosis is increasing in different European countries. In order to evaluate if this is also the case ...