Ghent University Academic Bibliography

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Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium : a nationwide record linkage study

Lisa Cavillot, Joris A F van Loenhout, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) , Jinane Ghattas, Koen Blot, Laura Van den Borre, Matthieu Billuart, Niko Speybroeck, et al.

(2024) JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 78(3). p.176-183

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Multimorbidity and frailty are associated with poorer SARS-CoV-2-related outcomes : systematic review of population-based studies

Tatjana T. Makovski, Jinane Ghattas, Stéphanie Monnier-Besnard, Lisa Cavillot, Monika Ambrožová, Barbora Vašinová, Rodrigo Feteira-Santos, Peter Bezzegh, Felipe Ponce Bollmann, James Cottam, et al.

(2024) AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 36(1).

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Impact of environmental nitrogen pollution on pollen allergy : a scoping review

Paulien Verscheure, Olivier Honnay, Niko Speybroeck, Robin Daelemans, Nicolas Bruffaerts, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Tobias Ceulemans, Laura Van Gerven, Raf Aerts and Rik Schrijvers

(2023) SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 893.

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Environmental degradation and the increasing burden of allergic disease : the need to determine the impact of nitrogen pollution

Tobias Ceulemans, Paulien Verscheure, Caroline Shadouh, Kasper Van Acker, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Catherine Linard, Nicolas Dendoncker, Niko Speybroeck, Nicolas Bruffaerts, Olivier Honnay, et al.

(2023) FRONTIERS IN ALLERGY. 4.

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The global burden of neglected zoonotic diseases : current state of evidence

Carlotta Di Bari (UGent) , Narmada Venkateswaran, Christina Fastl, Sarah Gabriël (UGent) , Delia Grace, Arie H. Havelaar, Ben Huntington, Grace T. Patterson, Jonathan Rushton, Niko Speybroeck, et al.

(2023) ONE HEALTH. 17.

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The direct disease burden of COVID-19 in Belgium in 2020 and 2021

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Lander Willem, Jure Jurčević, Pierre Smith, Aline Scohy, Grant M. A. Wyper, Sara Monteiro Pires, Nina Van Goethem, Philippe Beutels, Nicolas Franco, et al.

(2023) BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 23(1).

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Social inequalities and long-term health impact of COVID-19 in Belgium : protocol of the HELICON population data linkage

Robby De Pauw (UGent) , Laura Van den Borre, Youri Baeyens, Lisa Cavillot, Sylvie Gadeyne, Jinane Ghattas, Delphine De Smedt (UGent) , David Jaminé, Yasmine Khan (UGent) , Patrick Lusyne, et al.

(2023) BMJ OPEN. 13(5).

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The landscape of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo : a mapping systematic review

Nadine Kalenda Kayiba, Evariste Tshibangu-Kabamba, Angel Rosas-Aguirre, Natsuko Kaku, Yu Nakagama, Akira Kaneko, Dieudonné Mvumbi Makaba, Doudou Yobi Malekita, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Joris Losimba Likwela, et al.

(2023) TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HEALTH. 51(1).

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The burden of breast, cervical, and colon and rectum cancer in the Balkan countries, 1990–2019 and forecast to 2030

Jovana Todorovic, Zeljka Stamenkovic, Aleksandar Stevanovic, Natasa Terzic, Katarzyna Kissimova-Skarbek, Fimka Tozija, Enkeleint A. Mechili, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Zorica Terzic-Supic, Milena Vasic, et al.

(2023) ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 81(1).

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Burden of infectious disease studies in Europe and the United Kingdom : a review of methodological design choices

Periklis Charalampous, Juanita A. Haagsma, Lea S. Jakobsen, Vanessa Gorasso (UGent) , Isabel Noguer, Alicia Padron-Monedero, Rodrigo Sarmiento, João Vasco Santos, Scott A. McDonald, Dietrich Plass, et al.

(2023) EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 151.

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Years of life lost methods must remain fully equitable and accountable

Grant M. A. Wyper, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Colin D. Mathers, Scott A. McDonald and Niko Speybroeck

(2022) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 37(2). p.215-216

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The state of health in Belgium, 1990–2019 : a benchmarking analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study

Jinane Ghattas, Vanessa Gorasso (UGent) , Robby De Pauw (UGent) , Sophie Thunus, Niko Speybroeck and Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent)

(2022) ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 80(1).

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Lyme borreliosis in Belgium : a cost-of-illness analysis

Laurence Geebelen, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Tinne Lernout, Katrien Tersago, Yves Parmentier, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck and Philippe Beutels

(2022) BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 22(1).

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The non-fatal burden of cancer in Belgium, 2004–2019 : a nationwide registry-based study

Vanessa Gorasso (UGent) , Geert Silversmit, Marc Arbyn (UGent) , Astrid Cornez, Robby De Pauw (UGent) , Delphine De Smedt (UGent) , Ian Grant, Grant M. A. Wyper, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) and Niko Speybroeck

(2022) BMC Cancer. 22(1).

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Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to COVID-19 in Scotland, 2020

Grant M. A. Wyper, Eilidh Fletcher, Ian Grant, Gerry McCartney, Colin Fischbacher, Oliver Harding, Hannah Jones, Maria Teresa de Haro Moro, Niko Speybroeck, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , et al.

(2022) ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 80(1).

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Belgian population norms for the EQ-5D-5L, 2018

Lisa Van Wilder (UGent) , Rana Charafeddine, Philippe Beutels, Robin Bruyndonckx, Irina Cleemput, Stefaan Demarest, Delphine De Smedt (UGent) , Niel Hens, Aline Scohy, Niko Speybroeck, et al.

(2022) QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH. 31(2). p.527-537

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Aetiological and prognostic roles of frailty, multimorbidity and socioeconomic characteristics in the development of SARS-CoV-2 health outcomes : protocol for systematic reviews of population-based studies

Tatjana T Makovski, Jinane Ghattas, Stephanie Monnier Besnard, Monika Ambrozova, Barbora Vasinova, Rodrigo Feteira-Santos, Peter Bezzegh, Felipe Ponce Bollmann, James Cottam, Romana Haneef, et al.

(2022) BMJ OPEN. 12(11).

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Non-specific symptoms and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in patients with Lyme borreliosis : a prospective cohort study in Belgium (2016–2020)

Laurence Geebelen, Tinne Lernout, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Benoît Kabamba-Mukadi, Veroniek Saegeman, Leïla Belkhir, Paul De Munter, Bénédicte Dubois, Rene Westhovens, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) , et al.

(2022) BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 22(1).

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Methodological considerations in injury burden of disease studies across Europe : a systematic literature review

Periklis Charalampous, Elena Pallari, Vanessa Gorasso (UGent) , Elena von der Lippe, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Sara M. Pires, Dietrich Plass, Jane Idavain, Che Henry Ngwa, Isabel Noguer, et al.

(2022) BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 22(1).

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Burden of disease methods : a guide to calculate COVID-19 disability-adjusted life years

Grant M. A. Wyper, Ricardo M. A. Assunção, Edoardo Colzani, Ian Grant, Juanita A. Haagsma, Giske Lagerweij, Elena Von der Lippe, Scott A. McDonald, Sara M. Pires, Michael Porst, et al.

(2021) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 66.

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Investigating the drivers of the spatio-temporal heterogeneity in COVID-19 hospital incidence : Belgium as a study case

Simon Dellicour, Catherine Linard, Nina Van Goethem, Daniele Da Re, Jean Artois, Jérémie Bihin, Pierre Schaus, François Massonnet, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) , Sophie O. Vanwambeke, et al.

(2021) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH GEOGRAPHICS. 20(1).

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Spatial and molecular mapping of Pfkelch13 gene polymorphism in Africa in the era of emerging Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin : a systematic review

Nadine K Kayiba, Doudou M Yobi, Evariste Tshibangu-Kabamba, Vo P Tuan, Yoshio Yamaoka, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Dieudonné M Mvumbi, Emile Okitolonda Wemakoy, Patrick De Mol, Georges L Mvumbi, et al.

(2021) LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 21(4). p.e82-e92

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Evaluation of the usefulness of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in a context with increased resistance of Plasmodium falciparum in Kingasani Hospital, Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Nadine Kalenda Kayiba, Doudou Malekita Yobi, Vanessa Rodanis Kouoneyou Tchakounang, Dieudonné Makaba Mvumbi, Pius Zakayi Kabututu, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Erick Sompwe Mukomena, Patrick De Mol, Marie-Pierre Hayette, Georges Lelo Mvumbi, et al.

(2021) INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 94.

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Care-seeking behaviour and socio-economic burden associated with uncomplicated malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Nadine Kalenda Kayiba, Doudou Malekita Yobi, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Dieudonné Makaba Mvumbi, Pius Zakayi Kabututu, Joris Losimba Likwela, Lydie Azama Kalindula, Patrick De Mol, Marie-Pierre Hayette, Georges Lelo Mvumbi, et al.

(2021) MALARIA JOURNAL. 20(1).

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Assessment of the diagnostic accuracy and relevance of a novel ELISA system developed for seroepidemiologic surveys of Helicobacter pylori infection in African settings

Evariste Tshibangu-Kabamba, Bui Hoang Phuc, Vo Phuoc Tuan, Kartika Afrida Fauzia, Augustin Kabongo-Tshibaka, Nadine Kalenda Kayiba, Angel Rosas-Aguirre, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Alain Cimuanga-Mukanya, Patrick de Jésus Ngoma Kisoko, et al.

(2021) PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 15(9).

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Valuing the years of life lost due to COVID-19 : the differences and pitfalls

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Scott A. McDonald, Niko Speybroeck and Grant M. A. Wyper

(2020) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 65(6). p.719-720

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Infectious diseases epidemiology, quantitative methodology, and clinical research in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic : perspective from a European country

Geert Molenberghs, Marc Buyse, Steven Abrams, Niel Hens, Philippe Beutels, Christel Faes, Geert Verbeke, Pierre Van Damme, Herman Goossens, Thomas Neyens, et al.

(2020) CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS. 99.

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Potential elimination of active Taenia solium transmission in Africa

Sarah Gabriël (UGent) , Kabemba E. Mwape, Emma C. Hobbs, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Inge Van Damme, Gideon Zulu, Chembensofu Mwelwa, Chishimba Mubanga (UGent) , Maxwell Masuku, Moses Mambwe, et al.

(2020) NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 383(4). p.396-397

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Monitoring health inequalities when the socio-economic composition changes : are the slope and relative indices of inequality appropriate? : results of a simulation study

Françoise Renard, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck and Patrick Deboosere

(2019) BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 19.

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Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa : a decomposition analysis

Carine Van Malderen, Agbessi Amouzou, Aluisio J. D. Barros, Bruno Masquelier, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) and Niko Speybroeck

(2019) BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 19.

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Combining primary care surveillance and a meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of the clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2015–2017

Laurence Geebelen, Dieter Van Cauteren, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Sarah Moreels, Katrien Tersago, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck and Tinne Lernout

(2019) TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES. 10(3). p.598-605

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The seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium anno 2002 and 2006 : a comparative analysis with hepatitis A virus seroprevalence

Suzanne Smit, Steven Abrams, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Veronik Hutse, Hilde Jansens, Heidi Theeten, Philippe Beutels and Niel Hens

(2019) EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 147.

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Sero-epidemiological status and risk factors of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Northern Vietnam

Suzanne Smit, Binh Thi Lam Vu, Dung Trung Do, Quan Ha Do, Huy Quang Pham, Niko Speybroeck, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Elizaveta Padalko (UGent) , Ellen Roets (UGent) and Pierre Dorny (UGent)

(2019) BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 19.

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Effects of ‘The Vicious Worm’ educational tool on Taenia solium knowledge retention in Zambian primary school students after one year

Emma Hobbs, Kabemba Evans Mwape, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Inge Van Damme, Meryam Krit, Dirk Berkvens, Gideon Zulu, Moses Mambwe, Mwelwa Chembensofu, Chiara Trevisan, et al.

(2019) PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 13(5).

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Changes in health in Belgium, 1990-2016 : a benchmarking analysis based on the global burden of disease 2016 study

Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck and Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent)

(2018) BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 18.

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Burden and risk assessment of foodborne parasites

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Christel Faes, Arie H Havelaar, Paul R Torgerson and Niko Speybroeck

(2018) Foodborne parasites. In Food Microbiology and Food Safety p.341-365

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zDALY : an adjusted indicator to estimate the burden of zoonotic diseases

Paul R Torgerson, Simon Rüegg, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Arie H Havelaar, Alexandra PM Shaw, Jonathan Rushton and Niko Speybroeck

(2018) ONE HEALTH. 5. p.40-45

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True malaria prevalence in children under five : Bayesian estimation using data of malaria household surveys from three sub-Saharan countries

Elvire Mfueni, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Angel Rosas-Aguirre, Carin Van Malderen, Patrick T Brandt, Bernhards Ogutu, Robert W Snow, Léon Tshilolo, Dejan Zurovac, Dieter Vanderelst, et al.

(2018) MALARIA JOURNAL. 17.

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Disability weights for infectious diseases in four European countries : comparison between countries and across respondent characteristics

Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Joshua A Salomon, Heather Turner, Alessandro Cassini, Edoardo Colzani, Niko Speybroeck, Suzanne Polinder, Mirjam E Kretzschmar, Arie H Havelaar, et al.

(2018) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 28(1). p.124-133

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Taenia solium from a community perspective : preliminary costing data in the Katete and Sinda districts in Eastern Zambia

Emma Hobbs, Kabemba E Mwape, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Sarah Gabriël (UGent) , Mwelwa Chembensofu, Moses Mambwe, Isaac K Phiri, Maxwell Masuku, Gideon Zulu, Angela Colston, et al.

(2018) VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY. 251. p.63-67

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Preliminary assessment of the computer-based Taenia solium educational program ‘The Vicious Worm’ on knowledge uptake in primary school students in rural areas in eastern Zambia

Emma Hobbs, Kabemba Evans Mwape, Inge Van Damme, Dirk Berkvens (UGent) , Gideon Zulu, Moses Mambwe, Mwelwa Chembensofu, Isaac Khozozo Phiri, Maxwell Masuku, Emmanuel Bottieau, et al.

(2018) TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 23(3). p.306-314

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Long-lasting insecticide net ownership, access and use in Southwest Ethiopia : a community-based cross-sectional study

Dinberu Seyoum, Niko Speybroeck, Luc Duchateau (UGent) , Patrick Brandt and Angel Rosas-Aguirre

(2017) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 14(11).

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Household level spatio-temporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in Ethiopia

Dinberu Seyoum, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Luc Duchateau (UGent) , Patrick Brandt, Angel Rosas-Aguirre and Niko Speybroeck

(2017) PARASITES & VECTORS. 10.

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Mapping EQ-5D utilities to GBD 2010 and GBD 2013 disability weights : results of two pilot studies in Belgium

Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Leslie Gielens, Marjanne HD Plasmans, Juanita A Haagsma and Niko Speybroeck

(2017) ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 75.

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Public health impact of congenital toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium, 2013 : a systematic review and data synthesis

Suzanne Smit, Elizaveta Padalko (UGent) , Jos Van Acker, Niel Hens, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck and Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent)

(2017) CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 65(4). p.661-668

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High relative humidity pre-harvest reduces post-harvest proliferation of Salmonella in tomatoes

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Massimiliano Marvasi, Mihai C Giurcanu, George J Hochmuth, Niko Speybroeck, Arie H Havelaar and Max Teplitski

(2017) FOOD MICROBIOLOGY. 66. p.55-63

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Cost-effectiveness and budget effect analysis of a population-based skin cancer screening

Lore Pil (UGent) , Isabelle Hoorens (UGent) , Katrien Vossaert (UGent) , Vibeke Kruse (UGent) , Isabelle Tromme, Niko Speybroeck, Lieven Annemans (UGent) and Lieve Brochez (UGent)

(2017) JAMA DERMATOLOGY. 153(2). p.147-153

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Prenatal diagnosis and prevention of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Northern Vietnam : study protocol

Suzanne Smit, Thi Lam Binh Vu, Trung Dung Do, Niko Speybroeck, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Elizaveta Padalko (UGent) , Ellen Roets (UGent) and Pierre Dorny (UGent)

(2017) BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 17.

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Burden of salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis and listeriosis : a time series analysis, Belgium, 2012 to 2020

Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Juanita A Haagsma, Arie H Havelaar, Sophie Bertrand, Olivier Vandenberg, Sophie Quoilin, Patrick T Brandt and Niko Speybroeck

(2017) EUROSURVEILLANCE. 22(38).

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Risk factors for mortality among adult HIV/AIDS patients following antiretroviral therapy in Southwestern Ethiopia : an assessment through survival models

Dinberu Seyoum, Jean-Marie Degryse, Yehenew Getachew Kifle, Ayele Taye, Mulualem Tadesse, Belay Birlie, Akalu Banbeta, Angel Rosas-Aguirre, Luc Duchateau (UGent) and Niko Speybroeck

(2017) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 14(3).

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Spatio-temporal analysis of malaria incidence in the Peruvian Amazon Region between 2002 and 2013

Veronica Soto-Calle, Angel Rosas-Aguirre, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Emmanuel Abatih (UGent) , Redgi DeDeken, Hugo Rodriguez, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Dionicia Gamboa, Umberto D´Alessandro, Annette Erhart, et al.

(2017) SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 7.

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Risk ranking of foodborne parasites : state of the art

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Martijn Bouwknegt, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Sarah Gabriël (UGent) , Arie H Havelaar, Sophie Quoilin, Lucy J Robertson, Niko Speybroeck, Paul R Torgerson, Joke WB van der Giessen, et al.

(2017) FOOD AND WATERBORNE PARASITOLOGY. 8-9. p.1-13

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Epidemiology of polyparasitism with Taenia soliwn, schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths in the co-endemic village of Malanga, Democratic Republic of Congo

Joule Madinga, Katja Polman, Kirezi Kanobana, Lisette van Lieshout, Eric Brienen, Nicolas Praet, Constantin Kabwe, Sarah Gabriël (UGent) , Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Pascal Lutumba, et al.

(2017) ACTA TROPICA. 171. p.186-193

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Attribution of global foodborne disease to specific foods : findings from a World Health Organization structured expert elicitation

Sandra Hoffmann, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Willy Aspinall, Roger Cooke, Tim Corrigan, Arie Havelaar, Frederick Angulo, Herman Gibb, Martyn Kirk, Robin Lake, et al.

(2017) PLOS ONE. 12(9).

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Cost-effectiveness of screening for active cases of tuberculosis in Flanders, Belgium

Suzanne Smit, Ludwig Apers, Wouter Arrazola de Onate, Philippe Beutels, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , An-Marie Forier, Kristien Janssens, Jean Macq, Ruud Mak, Sandrina Schol, et al.

(2017) BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 95(1). p.27-35

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Geospatial and age-related patterns of Taenia solium taeniasis in the rural health zone of Kimpese, Democratic Republic of Congo

Joule Madinga, Iirezi Kanobana, Philippe Lukanu, Emmanuel Abatih, Sylvain Baloji, Sylvie Linsuke, Nicolas Praet, Serge Kapinga, Katja Polman, Pascal Lutumba, et al.

(2017) ACTA TROPICA. 165. p.100-109

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Guidance on the requirements for the development of microbiological criteria

Antonia Ricci, Ana Allende, Declan Bolton, Marianne Chemaly, Robert Davies, Pablo Salvador Fernandez Escamez, Rosina Girones, Lieve Herman, Konstantinos Koutsoumanis, Roland Lindqvist, et al.

(2017) EFSA JOURNAL. 15(11).

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Hazard analysis approaches for certain small retail establishments in view of the application of their food safety management systems

Antonia Ricci, Marianne Chemaly, Robert Davies, Pablo Salvador Fernandez Escamez, Rosina Girones, Lieve Herman, Roland Lindqvist, Birgit Norrung, Lucy Robertson, Giuseppe Ru, et al.

(2017) EFSA JOURNAL. 15(3).

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Agent-based modelling to inform health intervention strategies : the case of severe acute malnutrition in children in high-burden low-income countries

Hedwig Deconinck (UGent) , Carine Van Malderen, Niko Speybroeck, Jean Macq and Jean-Christophe Chiem

(2016) Agent-based modelling in population studies : concepts, methods, and applications. In The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis p.461-486

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Comorbidities and factors associated with central nervous system infections and death in non-perinatal listeriosis : a clinical case series

Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Alain Maertens de Noordhout, Joachim Blocher, Juanita A Haagsma, Arie H Havelaar and Niko Speybroeck

(2016) BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 16.

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Identification of different malaria patterns due to Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in Ethiopian children : a prospective cohort study

Dinberu Seyoum, Yehenew Getachew Kifle, Virginie Rondeau, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Luc Duchateau (UGent) , Angel Rosas-Aguirre and Niko Speybroeck

(2016) MALARIA JOURNAL. 15.

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Burden of skin cancer in Belgium and cost-effectiveness of primary prevention by reducing ultraviolet exposure

Lore Pil (UGent) , Isabelle Hoorens (UGent) , Katrien Vossaert (UGent) , VIBEKE KRUSE (UGent) , Isabelle Tromme, Niko Speybroeck, Lieve Brochez (UGent) and Lieven Annemans (UGent)

(2016) PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. 93. p.177-182

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CystiSim : an agent-based model for Taenia solium transmission and control

Uffe Christian Braae, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Sarah Gabriël (UGent) , Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck, Pascal Magnussen, Paul Torgerson and Maria Vang Johansen

(2016) PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 10(12).

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Cost-effectiveness analysis in melanoma detection: a transition model applied to dermoscopy

Isabelle Tromme, Catherine Legrand, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Ulrike Leiter, Stefan Suciu, Alexander Eggermont, Laurine Sacré, Jean-François Baurain, Luc Thomas, Philippe Beutels, et al.

(2016) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 67. p.38-45

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Melanoma burden by melanoma stage : assessment through a disease transition model

Isabelle Tromme, Catherine Legrand, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Ulrike Leiter, Stefan Suciu, Alexander Eggermont, Julie Francart, Frédéric Calay, Juanita A Haagsma, Jean-François Baurain, et al.

(2016) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 53. p.33-41

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World Health Organization estimates of the relative contributions of food to the burden of disease due to selected foodborne hazards : a structured expert elicitation

Tine Hald, Willy Aspinall, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Roger Cooke, Tim Corrigan, Arie H Havelaar, Herman J Gibb, Paul R Torgerson, Martyn D Kirk, Frederick J Angulo, et al.

(2016) PLOS ONE. 11(1).

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Epidemiology, impact and control of rabies in Nepal : a systematic review

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Arjun Aryal, Barun Kumar Sharma, Anita Ale, Anne Declercq, Stephanie Depraz, Tara Nath Gaire, Gyanendra Gongal, Surendra Karki, Basu Dev Pandey, et al.

(2016) PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 10(2).

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Research synthesis methods in an age of globalized risks: lessons from the global burden of foodborne disease expert elicitation

Tine Hald, Fred Angulo, Wan Mansor Bin Hamzah, David Bellinger, Robert Black, Nilanthi de Silva, Dörte Döpfer, Arie Havelaar, Herman Gibb, Fumiko Kasuga, et al.

(2016) RISK ANALYSIS. 36(2). p.191-202

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Agent-based modelling for rethinking the socioeconomic determinants of child health in sub-Saharan Africa

Carine Van Malderen, Hedwig Deconinck (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck and Jean-Christophe Chiem

(2015) Proceedings of the International Workshop on Innovative Simulation for Health Care. p.23-32

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Mathematical analysis of the transmission dynamics of brucellosis among bison

Emmanuel Abatih (UGent) , Lenin Ron, Niko Speybroeck, Brian Williams and Dirk Berkvens

(2015) MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN THE APPLIED SCIENCES. 38(17). p.3818-3832

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Needs and expectations regarding risk ranking in the food chain: a pilot survey amongst decision makers and stakeholders

Niko Speybroeck, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Pieter Depoorter, Jeroen Dewulf (UGent) , Dirk Berkvens (UGent) , Xavier Van Huffel and Claude Saegerman

(2015) FOOD CONTROL. 54. p.135-143

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Mathematical inference on helminth egg counts in stool and its applications in mass drug administration programmes to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis in public health

Bruno Levecke (UGent) , Roy M Anderson, Dirk Berkvens (UGent) , Johannes Charlier (UGent) , Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck, Jozef Vercruysse (UGent) and Stefan Van Aelst (UGent)

(2015) Advances in Parasitology. 87. p.193-247

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Study and ranking of determinants of Taenia solium infections by classification tree models

Kabemba E Mwape, Isaac K Phiri, Nicolas Praet, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , John B Muma, Gideon Zulu, Niko Speybroeck and Sarah Gabriël (UGent)

(2015) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 92(1). p.56-63

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The low global burden of trichinellosis: evidence and implications

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Nicolas Praet, Niko Speybroeck, Paul R Torgerson, Juanita A Haagsma, Kris De Smet, K Darwin Murrell, Edoardo Pozio and Pierre Dorny (UGent)

(2015) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY. 45(2-3). p.95-99

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Estimation of canine Leishmania infection prevalence in six cities of the Algerian littoral zone using a Bayesian approach

Amel Adel, Emmanuel Abatih (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck, Abdelkrim Soukehal, Rachid Bouguedour, Karim Boughalem, Abdelmalek Bouhbal, Mouloud Djerbal, Claude Saegerman and Dirk Berkvens

(2015) PLOS ONE. 10(3).

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Assessing disability weights based on the responses of 30,660 people from four European countries

Juanita A Haagsma, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Suzanne Polinder, Theo Vos, Arie H Havelaar, Alessandro Cassini, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Mirjam E Kretzschmar, Niko Speybroeck and Joshua A Salomon

(2015) POPULATION HEALTH METRICS. 13.

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Data-driven methods for imputing national-level incidence in global burden of disease studies

Scott A McDonald, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck, Niel Hens, Nicolas Praet, Paul R Torgerson, Arie H Havelaar, Felicia Wu, Marlène Tremblay, Ermias W Amene, et al.

(2015) BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 93(4). p.228-236

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Disability weights for the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study

Joshua A Salomon, Juanita A Haagsma, Adrian Davis, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Suzanne Polinder, Arie H Havelaar, Alessandro Cassini, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Mirjam Kretzschmar, Niko Speybroeck, et al.

(2015) LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 3(11). p.e712-e723

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Modelling the potential of focal screening and treatment as elimination strategy for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon Region

Angel Rosas-Aguirre, Annette Erhart, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Oralee Branch, Dirk Berkvens, Emmanuel Abatih (UGent) , Philippe Lambert, Gianluca Frasso, Hugo Rodriguez, Dionicia Gamboa, et al.

(2015) PARASITES & VECTORS. 8.

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National studies as a component of the World Health Organization initiative to estimate the global and regional burden of foodborne disease

Robin J Lake, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , George Nasinyama, Arie H Havelaar, Tanja Kuchenmüller, Juanita A Haagsma, Helen H Jensen, Nasreen Jessani, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Frederick J Angulo, et al.

(2015) PLOS ONE. 10(12).

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World Health Organization global estimates and regional comparisons of the burden of foodborne disease in 2010

Arie H Havelaar, Martyn D Kirk, Paul R Torgerson, Herman J Gibb, Tine Hald, Robin J Lake, Nicolas Praet, David C Bellinger, Nilanthi R de Silva, Neyla Gargouri, et al.

(2015) PLOS MEDICINE. 12(12).

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World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of 11 foodborne parasitic diseases, 2010 : a data synthesis

Paul R Torgerson, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Nicolas Praet, Niko Speybroeck, Arve Lee Willingham, Fumiko Kasuga, Mohamed B Rokni, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Eric M Fèvre, Banchop Sripa, et al.

(2015) PLOS MEDICINE. 12(12).

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Methodological framework for World Health Organization estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Juanita A Haagsma, Frederick J Angulo, David C Bellinger, Dana Cole, Dörte Döpfer, Aamir Fazil, Eric M Fèvre, Herman J Gibb, Tine Hald, et al.

(2015) PLOS ONE. 10(12).

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Evaluation of the efficacy of DDT indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticidal nets against insecticide resistant populations of Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) from Ethiopia using experimental huts

Abebe Asale Gutto (UGent) , Yehenew Getachew Kifle (UGent) , Weriessaw Hailesilassie, Niko Speybroeck, Luc Duchateau (UGent) and Delenasaw Yewhalaw Gebre

(2014) PARASITES & VECTORS. 7.

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The health and economic burden of haemophilia in Belgium: a rare, expensive and challenging disease

Séverine Henrard, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Philippe Beutels, Michael Callens, Frank De Smet, Cedric Hermans and Niko Speybroeck

(2014) ORPHANET JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES. 9.

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Epidemiology and genetic diversity of Taenia asiatica: a systematic review

Anita Ale, Bjorn Victor (UGent) , Nicolas Praet, Sarah Gabriël (UGent) , Niko Speybroeck, Pierre Dorny (UGent) and Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent)

(2014) PARASITES & VECTORS. 7.

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The disability adjusted life years (DALYs) and economic burden due to haemophilia in Belgium

Séverine Henrard, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Philippe Beutels, Michael Callens, Frank De Smet, Cedric Hermans and Niko Speybroeck

(2014) WFH World congress, Abstracts.

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The global burden of listeriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Frederick J Angulo, Geert Verbeke, Juanita A Haagsma, Martyn D Kirk, Arie H Havelaar and Niko Speybroeck

(2014) LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 14(11). p.1073-1082

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Quantifying burden of disease to support public health policy in Belgium : opportunities and constraints

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Suzanne Smit, Luc Duchateau (UGent) , Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Claudia Stein, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) and Niko Speybroeck

(2014) BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 14.

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Calculating disability-adjusted life years to quantify burden of disease

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Arie H Havelaar, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Juanita A Haagsma, Nicolas Praet, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Luc Duchateau (UGent) , Paul R Torgerson, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) and Niko Speybroeck

(2014) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 59(3). p.565-569

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DALY calculation in practice: a stepwise approach

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Arie H Havelaar, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Juanita A Haagsma, Nicolas Praet, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Luc Duchateau (UGent) , Paul R Torgerson, Herman Van Oyen (UGent) and Niko Speybroeck

(2014) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 59(3). p.571-574

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Selective use of sequential digital dermoscopy imaging allows a cost reduction in the melanoma detection process : a Belgian study of patients with a single or a small number of atypical nevi

Isabelle Tromme, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Philippe Beutels, Pauline Richez, Nicolas Praet, Laurine Sacré, Liliane Marot, Pascal Van Eeckhout, Ivan Theate, Jean-François Baurain, et al.

(2014) PLOS ONE. 9(10).

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The burden of parasitic zoonoses in Nepal : a systematic review

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Anita Ale, Paul Torgerson, Nicolas Praet, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Basu Dev Pandey, Sher Bahadur Pun, Rob Lake, Jozef Vercruysse (UGent) , Durga Datt Joshi, et al.

(2014) PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 8(1).

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Health-related quality of life in patients with melanoma expressed as utilities and disability weights

Isabelle Tromme, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Philippe Beutels, Pauline Richez, Alice Leroy, Jean-François Baurain, Frank Cornelis, Claude Bertrand, Nathalie Legrand, Jerome Degueldere, et al.

(2014) BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 171(6). p.1443-1450

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Misclassification errors in prevalence estimation: Bayesian handling with care

Niko Speybroeck, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Lawrence Joseph and Dirk Berkvens (UGent)

(2013) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 58(5). p.791-795

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An agent-based model of exposure to human toxocariasis : a multi-country validation

Kirezi Kanobana, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Katja Polman and Niko Speybroeck

(2013) PARASITOLOGY. 140(8). p.986-998

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Simulation models for socioeconomic inequalities in health : a systematic review

Niko Speybroeck, Carine Van Malderen, Sam Harper, Birgit Müller and Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent)

(2013) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 10(11). p.5750-5780

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DALY calculation in practice: a stepwise approach

Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Nicolas Praet, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Luc Duchateau (UGent) and Niko Speybroeck

(2013) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 23(suppl. 1). p.131-132

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Simulation models for socioeconomic inequalities in health: a systematic review

Niko Speybroeck, Carine Van Malderen, Sam Harper, Birgit Müller and Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent)

(2013) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 23(suppl. 1). p.188-189

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What are disability-adjusted life years?

Nicolas Praet, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Luc Duchateau (UGent) and Niko Speybroeck

(2013) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 23(suppl. 1). p.131-131