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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Lanting, C.I. (author), Buitendijk, S.E. (author), Crone, M.R. (author), Segaar, D. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author), van Wouwe, J.P. (author)Background: Tobacco smoking is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, including during pregnancy. Although effective ways of promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy exist, the impact of these interventions has not been studied at a national level. We estimated the prevalence of smoking throughout pregnancy in the Netherlands and...article 2009
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Hille, E.T.M. (author), Dorrepaal, C. (author), Perenboom, R. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: To assess social lifestyle, risk-taking behavior, and psychopathology in young adults born very preterm or with a very low birthweight. Study design: This study was part of the 19-year follow-up in a large ongoing collaborative study in the Netherlands (the POPS study) on the long-term outcome of prematurity and dysmaturity. 656...article 2008
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Hille, E.T.M. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Stuifbergen, M.C. (author), Verrips, G.H.W. (author), Vogels, A.G.C. (author), Brand, R. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Aim: To assess whether attrition rate influences outcome in the follow-up of very preterm infants. Study design: In a national follow-up study of infants born alive in 1983 in the Netherlands with a gestational age less than 32 weeks and/or a birth weight less than 1500 g, outcome was assessed separately for adolescents who responded early or...article 2005
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Anthony, S. (author), Ouden, L.D. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, P. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author)Objective: To evaluate changes in obstetrical and neonatal care for very preterm and extremely preterm infants between 1983 and 1995 in The Netherlands and to evaluate the effect of those changes. Study design: Data on all very preterm or VLBW infants from the linked national obstetrical and neonatal databases of 1995 (N=2066) were compared to...article 2004
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Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), Verwey, R.A. (author), Brand, R. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author), Keirse, M.J. (author), Ruys, J.H. (author), Nederlands instituut voor praeventieve gezondheidszorg TNO (author)In a cohort of 1338 very preterm and/or very-low-birthweight infants, representing 94% of all infants born alive after less than 32 weeks' gestation or weighing less than 1500 g in the Netherlands in 1983, the neonatal mortality rate was 233 per 1000. In these infants, the best obstetric estimate of gestational age was a better predictor of...article 1986