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Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in health expectancies in Belgium, 2001, 2004 and 2008
chronic conditions from participants of the 2001, 2004 and 2008 Health Interview Surveys in Belgium were used to estimate disability prevalence by cause using the attribution method. Disability prevalence ...
Safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of the candidate tuberculosis vaccine MVA85A in healthy adults infected with HIV-1: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.
participants were aged 18-50 years, had no evidence of active tuberculosis, and had baseline CD4 counts greater than 350 cells per μL if they had never received antiretroviral therapy or greater than 300 cells ...
Mumps increase in Flanders, Belgium, 2012-2013: results from temporary mandatory notification and a cohort study among university students.
participants of the cohort study, 38 (5%; 95% CI 4-8%) met the case-definition. All reported being vaccinated with at least one dose of mumps-containing vaccine. The incidence of mumps was 5% among those ...
The effect of smoking on the duration of life with and without disability, Belgium 1997-2011.
Models Male middle aged prevalence SMOKING Abstract: BACKGROUND: Smoking is the single most important health threat yet there is no consistency as to whether non-smokers experience a compression of years ...
Association between variables used in the field substitution and post-stratification adjustment in the Belgian health interview survey and non-response.
Young adult Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Field substitution and post-stratification adjustment have been proposed to reduce non-response bias in population surveys. We investigated if variables involved in those ...
Socio-economic differences in participation of households in a Belgian national health survey.
and household non-response in a health survey is examined. METHODS: A linkage between the Belgian Health Survey 2001 with Census 2001 enabled us to evaluate the participation by socio-economic status. ...
Methodological basics and evolution of the Belgian health interview survey 1997-2008.
cluster and a selection of respondents within each household. Using matched substitution of non-participating households assures the realisation of the predefined net-sample. RESULTS: For each BHIS the ...
Epidémiologie des infections à Clostridium difficile en Belgique- Rapport 2012
plus graves étant donné qu’ils sont hospitalisés pour leur ICD. La participation des hôpitaux à la surveillance épidémiologique est très importante ; en moyenne 70% des hôpitaux rapportent des cas ...
Epidémiologie des infections à Clostridium difficile en Belgique: Rapport 2011
est parallèle à l’évolution des cas non-nosocomiaux (en majorité communautaires). L’évolution de l’incidence et de la mortalité des ICD dans notre pays suit les tendances observées dans d’autres pays. ...
Oral fluid for the serological and molecular diagnosis of measles.
presents mostly in children, a non-invasive sample collection technique such as oral fluid sampling would be very useful in the early detection of measles RNA and antibodies. The aim of this study was to ...