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Estimating the impact of school closure on social mixing behaviour and the transmission of close contact infections in eight European countries
Author(s) :
HENS, Niel
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AYELE, Girma Minalu
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GOEYVAERTS, Nele
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AERTS, Marc
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Mossong, Joel
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Edmunds, John W.
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Beutels, Philippe
Description :
Background: Mathematical modelling of infectious disease is increasingly used to help guide public health policy. As directly transmitted infections, such as influenza and tuberculosis, require contact between individuals, knowledge about contact patterns is a necessary pre-requisite of accurate mod...
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English
Progress in osteoporosis and fracture prevention: focus on postmenopausal women
Description :
In the past decade, we have witnessed a revolution in osteoporosis diagnosis and therapeutics. This includes enhanced understanding of basic bone biology, recognizing the severe consequences of fractures in terms of morbidity and short-term refracture and mortality risk and case finding based on cli...
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Measuring metacarpal cortical bone by digital x-ray radiogrammetry: a step forward?
Description :
Changes in metacarpal cortical bone mineral density (BMD) using digital x-ray radiogrammetry were studied in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. After 1, 2, and 5 years, large BMD losses were found: -1.7%, -2.8%, and -5.6%, respectively. Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and anti-cyclic ...
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Subclinical responses in healthy cyclists briefly exposed to traffic-related air pollution: an intervention study
Author(s) :
Jacobs, Lotte
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NAWROT, Tim
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de Geus, Bas
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Meeusen, Romain
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Degraeuwe, Bart
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Bernard, Alfred
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Sughis, Muhammad
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Nemery, Benoit
Description :
Background: Numerous epidemiological studies have demonstrated adverse health effects of a sedentary life style, on the one hand, and of acute and chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution, on the other. Because physical exercise augments the amount of inhaled pollutants, it is not clear whe...
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Do inter-hospital comparisons of in-hospital, acute myocardial infarction case-fatality rates serve the purpose of fostering quality improvement? An evaluative study
Author(s) :
Aelvoet, Willem
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Terryn, Nathalie
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MOLENBERGHS, Geert
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De Backer, Guy
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Vrints, Christiaan
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van Sprundel, Marc
Description :
Background: In-hospital case-fatality rates in patients, admitted for acute myocardial infarction (AMI-CFRs), are internationally used as a quality indicator. Attempting to encourage the hospitals to assume responsibility, the Belgian Ministry of Health decided to stimulate initiatives of quality im...
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Assessment of the consistency and robustness of results from a multicenter trial of remission maintenance therapy for acute myeloid leukemia
Author(s) :
BUYSE, Marc
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Squifflet, Pierre
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Lucchesi, Kathryn J.
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Brune, Mats L.
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Castaigne, Sylvie
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Rowe, Jacob M.
Description :
Background: Data from a randomized multinational phase 3 trial of 320 adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) demonstrated that maintenance therapy with 3-week cycles of histamine dihydrochloride plus low-dose interleukin-2 (HDC/IL-2) for up to 18 months significantly improved leukemia-free surviva...
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English
Dynamics of HPV vaccination initiation in Flanders (Belgium) 2007-2009: a Cox regression model
Description :
Background: We investigated dynamic patterns and predictors of HPV vaccination initiation in Flanders (Belgium) by girls aged 12 to 18, between 2007 and 2009, the period immediately after the introduction of the HPV vaccines on the Belgian market. During this period the initiative for vaccination wa...
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Modeling the asymmetric evolution of a mouse and rat-specific microRNA gene cluster intron 10 of the Sfmbt2 gene
Author(s) :
Lehnert, Stefan
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Kapitonov, Vladimir
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THILAKARATHNE, O. Pushpike J.
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Schuit, Frans C.
Description :
Background: The total number of miRNA genes in a genome, expression of which is responsible for the miRNA repertoire of an organism, is not precisely known. Moreover, the question of how new miRNA genes arise during evolution is incompletely understood. Recent data in humans and opossum indicate tha...
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English
Analysis of the photosynthetic apparatus in transgenic tobacco plants with altered endogenous cytokinin content: a proteomic study
Description :
Background: Cytokinin is a plant hormone that plays a crucial role in several processes of plant growth and development. In recent years, major breakthroughs have been achieved in the elucidation of the metabolism, the signal perception and transduction, as well as the biological functions of cytoki...
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Age-disparity, sexual connectedness and HIV infection in disadvantaged communities around Cape Town, South Africa: a study protocol
Author(s) :
Delva, Wim
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Beauclair, Roxanne
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Welte, Alex
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Vansteelandt, Stijn
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HENS, Niel
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AERTS, Marc
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du Toit, Elizabeth
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Beyers, Nulda
Description :
Background: Crucial connections between sexual network structure and the distribution of HIV remain inadequately understood, especially in regard to the role of concurrency and age disparity in relationships, and how these network characteristics correlate with each other and other risk factors. Soc...
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English