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Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to the direct health impact of COVID-19 in India, 2020
pandemic policy development. Here, we present the national-level burden of COVID-19 in India in 2020 that accounts for differences across urban and rural regions and across age groups. Input data were ...
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes: results of three point prevalence surveys between 2010 and 2016
institutional, ward and resident level. A detailed questionnaire had to be completed for all eligible (i.e. living full time in the facility since at least 24 h, present at 8:00 am and willing to participate) ...
The association between area deprivation and COVID-19 incidence: a municipality-level spatio-temporal study in Belgium, 2020–2021
2020 and June 2021 in Belgium, aggregated at the municipality-level. These data were collected by the national laboratory-based COVID-19 surveillance system. A level of area deprivation was assigned to ...
Estimating risk factor attributable burden – challenges and potential solutions when using the comparative risk assessment methodology
attached to this data is difficult to account for. Another key issue along the CRA-steps is to define a theoretical minimal risk exposure level for each risk factor. In some cases, this level is evident and ...
Variation in smoking attributable all-cause mortality across municipalities in Belgium, 2018: application of a Bayesian approach for small area estimations
smoking prevalence in each Belgian municipality using BHIS and calculate smoking attributable mortality at municipality level. Methods Data of participants aged 15 + on smoking behavior, age, gender, ...
Air pollution in association with mental and self-rated health and the mediating effect of physical activity
mental health dimensions and self-rated health and part of the association was mediated by physical activity. Our results suggest that policies aiming to reduce air pollution levels could also reduce the ...
Changes in quality-adjusted life expectancy in Belgium, 2013 and 2018
assesses HRQ oL comprising five dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression) using a 5-level severity scoring to define a large variety of health states. The ...
Metagenomics to Detect and Characterize Viruses in Food Samples at Genome Level? Lessons Learnt from a Norovirus Study
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Florence E Buytaers; Bavo Verhaegen; Mathieu Gand; Jolien D'aes; Kevin Vanneste; Nancy Roosens; Kathleen Marchal; Sarah Denayer; Sigrid C.J. De Keersmaecker Source: Foods, Volume 11, Issue 2 ...
The association between the number of parks near home and levels of physical activity among community-dwelling older adults: A longitudinal study
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Louise Poppe; Benedicte Deforche; Jelle Van Cauwenberg; Ruben Brondeel; Lieze Mertens; Nico Van de Weghe; Benoit, Sien; Jenny Veitch; Delfien Van Dyck Source: Cities, Volume 130 (2022) Full text ...
Investigations upon the Improvement of Dermatophyte Identification Using an Online Mass Spectrometry Application.
the species level rose from 63.4 to 91.7% when combining all approaches. Nevertheless, residual confusion between close species, such as, and, remained. To distinguish between these species, mass ...