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Cost-effectiveness analysis in melanoma detection: A transition model applied to dermoscopy.
Effectiveness was expressed in quality-adjusted life years (QALY s), a composite measure depending on melanoma-related morbidity and mortality. Costs included costs of treatment and follow-up as well as costs of ...
Regional differences in the validity of self-reported use of health care in Belgium: selection versus reporting bias.
indicators included the prevalence of a contact with a GP, specialist, dentist and a physiotherapist, as well as inpatient and day patient hospitalisation. The validity of the estimates and the regional ...
Contribution of Chronic Conditions to the Disability Burden across Smoking Categories in Middle-Aged Adults, Belgium.
respiratory diseases in men and depression and diabetes in women daily heavy smokers. CONCLUSIONS: Beyond the well-known effect of smoking on mortality, our findings showed an increasing trend of the disability ...
Development and implementation of a transversal NGS & bioinformatics platform at the Belgian Institute of Public Health
Mass Mass Spectrometry method NGS POLICIES POLICY present public public health public health genomics Public-health Abstract: Despite being a well-established research method, the use of NGS and ...
Biological activity conferred by endocrine disrupting chemicals in hospital effluent and river water from the Brussels Region, Belgium
than looking solely for concentrations of targeted and well-known EDC s, this project strives to combine bio-analytical and chemo-analytical data on the Zenne river crossing Brussels and ...
Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in a long-term care psychogeriatric facility: outbreak analysis and policy improvement.
opposite room) was selected and risk factor analysis performed. Following the epidemic peak a more stringent hygienic protocol and surveillance program were implemented, as well as uniform guidelines for ...
The search for therapeutic bacteriophages uncovers one new subfamily and two new genera of Pseudomonas-infecting Myoviridae.
differences in genome size, % GC and genomic contents, as well as number of tRNAs. These two clades are well delineated, with a mean of 86% and 92% of proteins considered homologous within individual clades, ...
Landscape and regional environmental analysis of the spatial distribution of hantavirus human cases in europe.
well-connected forests, more intense vegetation activity, low soil water content, mild summers, and cold winters. In these regions, landscapes with a higher proportion of built-up areas in forest ecotones and ...
How well do physical activity questions perform? A European cognitive testing study.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Finger, J D; Lydia Gisle; Mimilidis, H; Santos-Hoevener, C; Kruusmaa, E K; Matsi, A; Oja, L; Balarajan, M; Gray, M; Kratz, A L; Lange, C Source: Arch Public Health, Volume 73, p.57 (2015) Abstrac ...
Safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of the candidate tuberculosis vaccine MVA85A in healthy adults infected with HIV-1: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.
placebo group, for a vaccine efficacy of 32·8% (95% CI-111·5 to 80·3). INTERPRETATION: MVA85A was well tolerated and immunogenic in adults infected with HIV-1. However, we detected no efficacy against ...