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Vaccine preventable bacterial diseases in Belgium: monitoring of general population immunity and pregnancy vaccination strategies
of quantity and quality. Our results indicated that efforts should be made to improve the vaccination status of the adult population, particularly for diphtheria. They also support the recommendation ...
Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study.
evaluation of the cases assured the presence of the targeted tissue, identified the presence of other tissues that could disturb the molecular diagnosis and allowed the assessment of tissue quality. Health ...
Treatment for substance use disorders: the Belgian Treatment Demand Indicator registration protocol.
objective of the paper is to facilitate the use of data by authorities or researchers by correctly describing all aspects of the indicator. The case definition, the variables collected and the way data should ...
Assessing the validity of the Global Activity Limitation Indicator in fourteen European countries.
Med Res Methodol, Volume 15, p.1 (2015) Keywords: Activities of daily living Adult Data collection Disability Evaluation Europe Female Health Status Indicators Humans Life expectancy Male middle aged ...
National surveillance of nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units in Belgium (Neo-KISS)
Surveillance use utilization VAP ventilation Weight Abstract: The national college of “Mother and Newborn” has the objective to improve the quality of care, by development of quality indicators, reporting and ...
Clinical diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in low-income countries: the current evidence.
50-60% of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in well-equipped laboratories. In low-income countries, poor access to high-quality microscopy services contributes to even lower rates of AFB detection. ...
The impact of individual-level heterogeneity on estimated infectious disease burden: a simulation study.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: McDonald, Scott A; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Wallinga, Jacco Source: Popul Health Metr, Volume 14, Issue 1, p.47 (2016) Keywords: Age ...