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Thyroid cancer incidence in the vicinity of nuclear sites in Belgium 2000-2008
https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/thyroid-cancer-incidence-vicinity-nuclear-sites-belgium-2000-2008
environment evidence exposure Hand health Health outcome incidence Increase Increases Iodine IS Isotopes Leukemia living nuclear site observed ON outcome plant Plants POISSON Poisson regression POPULATION ...
Cytological screening for cervical cancer in the province of Limburg, Belgium.
screening interval was in the range of 12-14 months; the first quartile, median and third quartile were 355, 440 and 676 days, respectively. Over the 10 years, 82% of the target population had their Pap smear ...
Introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Belgium, 2007-2008.
vaccinate 44% of all girls aged between 12-15 years. However, the trend was decreasing over the last 10 months. By the current reimbursement policy, we can expect that maximum half of the target population ...
The challenges of organising cervical screening programmes in the 15 old member states of the European Union.
to achieve greater participation of the target population at regular intervals, equity of access and high quality. Despite the consistent evidence that organised screening is more efficient than ...
Trends of cervical cancer mortality in the member states of the European Union.
from uterine cancers and overall female populations from EU member states were extracted from the World Health Organisation mortality database. Three different reallocation rules were applied to correct ...
Description of cervical cancer mortality in Belgium using Bayesian age-period-cohort models.
from the WHO mortality database together with population data for Belgium and the Netherlands. Different ICD (International Classification of Diseases) were used over time for death cause certification. ...