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Quality of diabetes care in Dutch care groups: no differences between diabetes patients with and without co-morbidity

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2013
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between presence and nature of co-morbidity and quality of care for diabetes patients enrolled in diabetes disease management programmes provided by care groups.
Simone R de Bruin, Sandra H Van Oostrom, Hanneke W Drewes, Janneke T de Jong - van Til, Caroline A Baan, Jeroen N Struijs   +5 more
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Predicting self-perceived general health status using machine learning: an external exposome study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Self-perceived general health (SPGH) is a general health indicator commonly used in epidemiological research and is associated with a wide range of exposures from different domains. However, most studies on SPGH only investigated a limited set
Jurriaan Hoekstra, Esther S. Lenssen, Albert Wong, Bette Loef, Gerrie-Cor M. Herber, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Maciek Strak, W. M. Monique Verschuren, Nicole A. H. Janssen   +8 more
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In-depth immune cellular profiling reveals sex-specific associations with frailty

Immunity & Ageing, 2020
Background With advancing age, the composition of leukocyte subpopulations in peripheral blood is known to change, but how this change differs between men and women and how it relates to frailty is poorly understood. Our aim in this exploratory study was
Leonard Daniël Samson, A Mieke H. Boots, José A. Ferreira, H Susan J. Picavet, Lia G. H. de Rond, Mary-lène de Zeeuw-Brouwer, W. M. Monique Verschuren, Anne-Marie Buisman, Peter Engelfriet   +8 more
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Preparation of Dutch food consumption data for risk assessment

EFSA Journal, 2018
The availability of detailed and high‐quality food consumption data collected at an individual level is essential for assessing the exposure to potential risks in the food chain.
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands, K Nelis, C van Rossum   +2 more
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Modelling of inactivation through heating for quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA)

EFSA Journal, 2018
EFSA regards the household as a stage in the food chain that is important for the final number of food‐borne infections. The fate of a pathogen in the private kitchen largely depends on consumer hygiene during preparation of food and on its proper ...
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands, M Pesciaroli, JE Chardon, EG Evers   +3 more
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Assessment of occupational and dietary exposure to pesticide residues

EFSA Journal, 2018
Plant protection products (PPPs) are pesticides containing at least one active substance that drives specific actions against pests (diseases). PPPs are regulated in the EU and cannot be placed on the market or used without prior authorisation.
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) The Netherlands, Chemical Food Safety Department, Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, M Markantonis, T van der Velde‐Koerts, C Graven, JD te Biesebeek, M Zeilmaker, AG Rietveld, BC Ossendorp   +8 more
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Fatores ambientais associados à obesidade em população adulta de um município brasileiro de médio porte

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2019
Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar as associações entre as variáveis ambientais e a obesidade em população adulta de um município brasileiro de médio porte.
Fernanda Maria Oliveira da Silva, Taiane Gonçalves Novaes, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Giana Zarbato Longo, Milene Cristine Pessoa   +4 more
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Viewpoint: filovirus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: much ado about nothing? [PDF]

, 2000
The recent outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has put the filovirus threat back on the international health agenda.
Boelaert, M, Borchert, M, Colebunders, R, Muyembe-Tamfum, J J, Pirard, P, Sleurs, H, van der Groen, G, Van der Stuyft, P   +7 more
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Impaired JAK-STAT pathway signaling in leukocytes of the frail elderly

Immunity & Ageing, 2022
Background Elderly often show reduced immune functioning and can develop chronic low-grade inflammation. Why some elderly are more prone to become frail is unknown. We investigated whether frailty is associated with altered cytokine signaling through the
Leonard Daniël Samson, Peter Engelfriet, W. M. Monique Verschuren, H. Susan J. Picavet, José A. Ferreira, Mary-lène de Zeeuw-Brouwer, Anne-Marie Buisman, A. Mieke H. Boots   +7 more
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Animal and human health: tackling uncertainty through participatory modelling and simulation [PDF]

, 2017
Zoonoses–infectious diseases communicable between animals and humans–, drug resistance and environmental pollution are now causing serious health problems worldwide.
Binot, Aurélie, Duboz, Raphaël
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