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Contribution of chronic diseases to the disability burden in a population 15 years and older, Belgium, 1997-2008.
life in older populations and leads to wide-range implications for social and health policy. The identification of diseases that contribute to the disability burden is crucial to the development of ...
Belgian national report on drugs 2014. New Development, Trends and in-depth information on selected issues.,
L. Casero Source: wiv-isp, Brussels, p.198 (2015) Accession Number: D/2014/2505/66 Keywords: demand harm reduction illicit substances prveention supply treatment use Health Topics: Illicit drugs ...
Exposure determinants of cadmium in European mothers and their children
https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/exposure-determinants-cadmium-european-mothers-and-their-children
Republic de determinant DETERMINANTS dietary differences disease education Educational level Educational-level effect effects electronic environment environmental environmental exposure Environmental Health ...
Mumps increase in Flanders, Belgium, 2012-2013: results from temporary mandatory notification and a cohort study among university students.
April 2013, 4061 mumps cases were notified to the regional public health office (30% were vaccinated once and 69% were vaccinated twice). All 16 samples collected at the KU Leuven were genotype G5. Of 717 ...
Genetic similarities between tobacco use disorder and related comorbidities: an exploratory study.
Keywords: Cluster Analysis comorbidity Databases, Genetic Humans Tobacco Use Disorder Abstract: BACKGROUND: Tobacco use disorder (TUD), defined as the use of tobacco to the detriment of a person’s health or ...
Using mortality follow-up of surveys to estimate social inequalities in healthy life years.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Rana Charafeddine; Nicolas Berger; Stefaan Demarest; Herman Van Oyen Source: Popul Health Metr, Volume 12, p.13 (2014) Abstract: ...
Attendance at cervical cancer screening and use of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on the uterine cervix assessed from individual health insurance data (Belgium, 2002-2006).
factors Belgium Biopsy Cervix Uteri Colposcopy conization Early Detection of Cancer Female Humans Hysterectomy incidence Insurance, Health middle aged Papanicolaou Test Socioeconomic Factors Uterine ...
End-of-life communication: a retrospective survey of representative general practitioner networks in four countries.
representative GP networks. Using a standardized form, GP s recorded the health and care characteristics in the last three months of life, and the discussion of 10 end-of-life topics, of all patients who died ...
Using multiple measures to assess changes in social inequalities for breast cancer screening
Number 280 (2014) Keywords: breast cancer Health inequalities SCREENING Abstract: Objectives: To identify changes in social inequalities for mammograms uptake in Belgium over the period 1997–2008 using ...
Communicating genetics and smoking through social media: are we there yet?
Keywords: Consumer Health Information Genomics Humans Internet Search Engine SMOKING Social Media Telemedicine Abstract: BACKGROUND: Social media is a recent source of health information that could ...