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High number of hospitalisations and non-classical presentations: lessons learned from a measles outbreak in 2017, Belgium.
presentation, altered clinical presentations and presence of complications like hepatitis can delay the correct diagnosis of measles. Clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion in any individual ...
In utero exposure to parabens and early childhood BMI z-scores- Associations between placental ethyl paraben, longitudinal BMI trajectories and cord blood metabolic biomarkers.
Source: Environ Int, Volume 157 (2021) Keywords: Biomarkers Body Mass Index Child, Preschool Female Fetal Blood Humans Parabens Placenta Pregnancy Abstract: BACKGROUND: Parabens are used as antimicrobial ...
Factors associated with clinical progression to severe COVID-19 in people with cystic fibrosis: A global observational study.
with older age, non-white race, underweight body mass index, and CF-related diabetes. Prescription of highly effective CFTR modulator therapies was associated with a significantly reduced odds of being ...
Benchmarking the transparency, comprehensiveness and specificity of population nutrition commitments of major food companies in Malaysia.
Noor; Karupaiah, Tilakavati Source: Global Health, Volume 16, Issue 1 (2020) Keywords: Benchmarking Body Mass Index Food Industry Government Regulation Humans Malaysia Nutrition Policy nutritional status ...
Strength of EU-level food environment policies and priority recommendations to create healthy food environments.
European Union (EU)-level policies, and identify and prioritize actions for the EU to create healthy food environments. METHODS: The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food- EPI) was applied. The Food- ...
Implementation level of best practice policies by Italian Government for healthier food environments: Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI).
implemented for healthy food environments in Italy within The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food- EPI) project. METHODS: Food- EPI tool, which includes two components, thirteen domains and fifty good ...
A multidisciplinary Delphi consensus to define evidence-based quality indicators for diabetic foot ulcer care.
appropriateness through a 9-point Likert scale. QI s were classified based on the median ratings and the disagreement index, calculated by the inter-percentile range adjusted for symmetry. Results: At the end of ...
Vaccine effectiveness against infection and onwards transmission of COVID-19: Analysis of Belgian contact tracing data, January-June 2021.
associated with significant protection against infection. In addition, mRNA-vaccines reduced onward transmission: VE-estimates increased to >90% when index and contact were fully vaccinated. The small ...
Validated HPV tests usable in cervical cancer screening on clinician-collected cervical specimens
commercially available, only a small minority of them have demonstrated fulfilment of the international validation criteria defined by Meijer et al in 20094-6. The clinical validation of a new index HPV assay ...