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EBoD-FL. Guidelines for mapping the environmental burden of disease in Flanders, 2024
risks. Environmental burden of disease (EBD) studies try to estimate the impact of environmental stressors in terms of mortality or morbidity on a population level. Although environmental risks have been ...
Physical activity on prescription in Belgium: General Practitioners’ involvement
the current involvement of GP s and their use of PAP. Methods Firstly, a desk research and informal interviews with stakeholders were carried out to map existing initiatives and identify policies ...
The use of nitrous oxide whippets as a recreational drug: Hidden health risks.
to prepare food foams. In recent years, however, these gas canisters have been cracked open and inhaled to produce a “legal” high. Users of these whippets have reported the presence of an oily residue ...
Interim analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and death using electronic health records in six European countries
a monthly basis, using a study period covering an eight-week follow-up period. Each month the study period was shifted forward to the following month. Country estimates were then pooled together. The study ...
BSFM 2023- L. monocytogenes in Plant-Based Foods: insights from of a recent foodborne outbreak linked to vegan alternative to cheese
Listeriosis outbreaks have been associated with a wide range of animal-derived foods, including unpasteurized milk, dairy products, raw or undercooked meat and raw or smoked fish products. A survey conducted by ...
Excess mortality during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 epidemic in Belgium
Epidemiologic surveillance of COVID-19 deaths was accurately conducted during the epidemic and it is even likely that COVID-19 deaths were underreported during the ascending phases of excess mortality by 1,193 ...
Chemical and toxciological characterization of e-liquid cigarettes
revised TPD. Indeed, in recent years, there have been significantly fewer discrepancies between the effective nicotine content and the claimed concentration. No hazardous volatile organic compounds were ...
Annual Report Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Registry 2018
a confirmed diagnosis. We also miss 1-2% of patients who had not been seen between the introduction of the new GDPR-adapted Informed Consent Form and the data submission. There were 22 newly diagnosed patients ...
Annual Report Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Registry 2017
diagnosis. There were 38 newly diagnosed patients in 2017, among them two adults, with a median age at diagnosis of 5.4 months with a range from birth to 60.4 years. All the newly diagnosed patients were ...
Characterization and hazard identification of substandard and falsified antimicrobials encountered in Belgium
together with anti-malarials, one of the most popular medicines that have been encountered as illegal substandard and falsified (SF) medical products. It has been demonstrated that SF products of these ...