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Household composition and suicidal behaviour in the adult population of Belgium.
Family Characteristics Female health surveys Humans Male middle aged prevalence Residence Characteristics Socioeconomic Factors Suicidal Ideation Suicide, Attempted Abstract: PURPOSE: We aimed to estimate ...
Social challenges facing the cystic fibrosis patients in Belgium on their path to adulthood.
Belgium challenge conference Cystic Fibrosis European Fibrosis IS ON Patient patients REGISTRIES Registry SOCIAL WHO Abstract: Not available Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la ...
Does the association between smoking and mortality differ by educational level?
of smoking on health depends on socioeconomic status; while others purport that the effect of smoking on health is similar across all social groups. This question of the interaction between smoking and ...
Public health in the genomic era: will Public Health Genomics contribute to major changes in the prevention of common diseases?
legal, economic and social issues. These new developments are likely to affect all domains of public health and require rethinking the role of genomics in every condition of public health interest. This ...
Contribution of mortality and disability to the secular trend in health inequality at the turn of century in Belgium.
Century Humans Interviews as Topic Life expectancy Male middle aged mortality social class Abstract: BACKGROUND: There is evidence that health inequalities by socio-economic status have persisted. We ...
Trends in mortality and morbidity related to Clostridium difficile infections, Belgium 1998-2007
Clostridium difficile enterocolitis. (2) from the Belgian hospital discharges database (1999-2007)-records with ICD-9- CM code for intestinal CDI. (3) from the Belgian social security database (1998-2007)-the ...
Trends in social inequalities in obesity: Belgium, 1997 to 2004.
Belgium cross-sectional studies Female Health Status Disparities Humans Interviews as Topic Male middle aged Obesity Risk Assessment sex factors social class Young adult Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Studies ...
National influences on catheter-associated bloodstream infection rates: practices among national surveillance networks participating in the European HELICS project.
European countries. Differences in cultural, social and legal perspectives as well as differences between healthcare systems are crucial in explaining these differences. Health Topics: Ziekenhuisinfectie ...
Differential inequity in health expectancy by region in Belgium.
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the size of social inequities in health between regions in Belgium using a composite health measure, the disability free life expectancy (DFLE). METHODS: Mortality data ...
Street youths are the only high-risk group for HIV in a low-prevalence South American country.
expansion of the HIV epidemic. We argue that HIV prevention in this population requires a comprehensive approach to their health and social problems. Health Topics: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Category: ...