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van der Pal-de Bruin, K.M. (author), Heerdink, N. (author), Kamphuis, M. (author), Pols, M.A. (author)Conflict of interest and financial support: disclosure forms provided by the authors are available along with the full text of this article at www.ntvg.nl, search for A6745; click on ‘Belangenverstrengeling’ (‘Conflict of interest’). The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development provided a subsidy (subsidy no 156000009) to the...article 2014
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MacDorman, M.F. (author), Mathews, T.J. (author), Mohangoo, A.D. (author), Zeitlin, J. (author)OBJECTIVES: This report investigates the reasons for the United States' high infant mortality rate when compared with European countries. Specifically, the report measures the impact on infant mortality differences of two major factors: the percentage of preterm births and gestational age-specific infant mortality rates. METHODS: Infant...article 2014
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Gärtner, F.R. (author), Freeman, L.M. (author), Rijnders, M.E. (author), Middeldorp, J.M. (author), Bloemenkamp, K.W.M. (author), Stiggelbout, A.M. (author), van den Akker-van Marle, M.E. (author)Background: In obstetrics, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness studies often present several specific outcomes with likely contradicting results and may not reflect what is important for women. A birth-specific outcome measure that combines the core domains into one utility score would solve this problem. The aim of this study was to...article 2014
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Gagnon, A.J. (author), DeBruyn, R. (author), Essén, B. (author), Gissler, M. (author), Heaman, M. (author), Jeambey, Z. (author), Korfker, D. (author), McCourt, C. (author), Roth, C. (author), Zeitlin, J. (author), Small, R. (author), Alexander, S. (author), Racapé, J. (author), Arntzen, A. (author), Barros, H. (author), Blondel, B. (author), Merry, L. (author), Glazier, R. (author), Kirby, R. (author), Mohangoo, A. (author), Macfarlane, A. (author), Dattani, N. (author), Nybo Andersen, A.M. (author), Mortensen, L. (author), Villadsen, S. (author), Davey, M.A. (author), Sievers, E. (author), Stray-Pedersen, B. (author), Urquia, M. (author), Janevic, T. (author), Guendelman, S. (author), Bolumar, F. (author), Río Sánchez, M.I. (author), Hjern, A. (author), Vangen, S. (author)Background: Through the World Health Assembly Resolution, 'Health of Migrants', the international community has identified migrant health as a priority. Recommendations for general hospital care for international migrants in receiving-countries have been put forward by the Migrant Friendly Hospital Initiative; adaptations of these...article 2014
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Driessen, L.M. (author), Jong, J.C.K.D. (author), Wijtzes, A. (author), de Vries, S.I. (author), Jaddoe, V.W.V. (author), Hofman, A. (author), Raat, H. (author), Moll, H.A. (author)OBJECTIVES:: Decreased physical activity levels in children may partly explain the rising prevalence of functional constipation in childhood. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to examine the association between physical activity and functional constipation during the preschool period. METHODS:: This study was embedded in the...article 2013
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Hohmann, C. (author), Grabenhenrich, L. (author), de Kluizenaar, Y. (author), Tischer, C. (author), Heinrich, J. (author), Chen, C.-M. (author), Thijs, C. (author), Nieuwenhuijsen, M. (author), Keil, T. (author)Background: Chronic noise is an environmental pollutant and well-known to cause annoyance and sleep disturbance. Its association with clinical and subclinical adverse health effects has been discussed. Objectives: This systematic review aimed to examine associations between chronic noise exposure during pregnancy or childhood and health outcomes...article 2013
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Casas, M. (author), Chevrier, C. (author), Hond, E.D. (author), Fernandez, M.F. (author), Pierik, F. (author), Philippat, C. (author), Slama, R. (author), Toft, G. (author), Vandentorren, S. (author), Wilhelm, M. (author), Vrijheid, M. (author)There are emerging concerns about potential effects on child health and development of early-life exposure to substances such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs), perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), phthalates and phenols (including bisphenol A (BPA)); pregnancy and birth cohort studies are ideally designed to study such concerns prospectively....article 2013
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Smit, M. (author), Dijkman, A. (author), Rijnders, M. (author), Bustraan, J. (author), van Dillen, J. (author), Middeldorp, J. (author), Havenith, B. (author), van Roosmalen, J. (author)In the Netherlands, 20 per cent of women give birth at home. In 0.7 per cent, referral to secondary care because of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is indicated. Midwives are regularly trained in managing obstetric emergencies. A postgraduate training programme developed for Dutch community-based midwives called ‘CAVE’ (pre-hospital obstetric...article 2013
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Dadvand, P. (author), Parker, J. (author), Bell, M.L. (author), Bonzini, M. (author), Brauer, M. (author), Darrow, L.A. (author), Gehring, U. (author), Glinianaia, S.V. (author), Gouveia, N. (author), Ha, E.-H. (author), Leem, J.H. (author), van den Hooven, E.H. (author), Jalaludin, B. (author), Jesdale, B.M. (author), Lepeule, J. (author), Morello-Frosch, R. (author), Morgan, G.G. (author), Pesatori, A.C. (author), Pierik, F.H. (author), Pless-Mulloli, T. (author), Rich, D.Q. (author), Sathyanarayana, S. (author), Seo, J. (author), Slama, R. (author), Strickland, M. (author), Tamburic, L. (author), Wartenberg, D. (author), Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J. (author), Woodruff, T.J. (author)Background: A growing body of evidence has associated maternal exposure to air pollution with adverse effects on fetal growth; however, the existing literature is inconsistent. Objectives: We aimed to quantify the association between maternal exposure to particulate air pollution and term birth weight and low birth weight (LBW) across 14 centers...article 2013
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Zeitlin, J. (author), Szamotulska, K. (author), Drewniak, N. (author), Mohangoo, A.D. (author), Chalmers, J. (author), Sakkeus, L. (author), Irgens, L. (author), Gatt, M. (author), Gissler, M. (author), Blondel, B. (author)Objective To investigate time trends in preterm birth in Europe by multiplicity, gestational age, and onset of delivery. Design Analysis of aggregate data from routine sources. Setting Nineteen European countries. Population Live births in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. Methods Annual risk ratios of preterm birth in each country were estimated with...article 2013
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Snijder, C.A. (author), Heederik, D. (author), Pierik, F.H. (author), Hofman, A. (author), Jaddoe, V.W. (author), Koch, H.M. (author), Longnecker, M.P. (author), Burdorf, A. (author)Background: Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has been associated with adverse birth outcomes, but findings of previous studies have been inconsistent. Objective: We investigated the relation of prenatal BPA exposure with intrauterine growth and evaluated the effect of the number of measurements per subject on observed associations. Methods...article 2013
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Offerhaus, P.M. (author), Hukkelhoven, C.W.P.M. (author), de Jonge, A. (author), van der Pal-de Bruin, K.M. (author), Scheepers, P.L.H. (author), Lagro-Janssen, A.L.M. (author)Background: There are concerns about the Dutch maternity care system, characterized by a strict role division between primary and secondary care. The objective of this study was to describe trends in referrals and in perinatal outcomes among labors that started in primary midwife-led care. Methods: We performed a descriptive study of all 789,795...article 2013
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van Gameren-Oosterom, H.B.M. (author)In this thesis, four studies on children and adolescents with Down syndrome are described. The first study showed that the number of live births of children with Down syndrome in the Netherlands remained stable over the period 1997-2007 on 14.6 per 10,000 births. Of these, 85% were live born. In the second study is observed that growth...doctoral thesis 2013
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Raat, H. (author), Struijk, M.K. (author), Remmers, T. (author), Vlasblom, E. (author), van Grieken, A. (author), Broeren, S.M. (author), te Velde, S.J. (author), Beltman, M. (author), Broere-Boonekamp, M.M. (author), L'Hoir, M.P. (author)Background Two overweight prevention interventions were developed to be offered by preventive Youth Health Care (YHC) in addition to the currently applied overweight prevention protocol to parents of 0-3 year old children. The two interventions aim to support parents of preschool children to realize healthy child nutrition and activity behaviors...article 2013
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de Wilde, J.A. (author), van Buuren, S. (author), Middelkoop, B.J.C. (author)Background South Asian babies born in developed countries are generally lighter than babies from other ethnic groups born in the same country. While the mean birth weight of Caucasian babies in the Netherlands has increased the past decades, it is unknown if the mean birth weight of South Asian babies born in the Netherlands has increased or if...article 2013
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van den Hooven, E.H. (author), Pierik, F.H. (author), de Kluizenaar, Y. (author), Willemsen, S.P. (author), Hofman, A. (author), van Ratingen, S.W. (author), Zandveld, P.Y.J. (author), Mackenbach, J.P. (author), Steegers, E.A.P. (author), Miedema, H.M.E. (author), Jaddoe, V.W.V. (author)Background: Air pollution exposure during pregnancy might have trimester-specific effects on fetal growth. Objective: We prospectively evaluated the associations of maternal air pollution exposure with fetal growth characteristics and adverse birth outcomes in 7,772 subjects in the Netherlands. Methods: Particulate matter with an aerodynamic...article 2012
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Teune, M.J. (author), van Wassenaer, A.G. (author), van Buuren, S. (author), Mol, B.W.J. (author), Opmeer, B.C. (author)Objectives: To develop prediction models for long-term respiratory morbidity. To explore if respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a risk-indicator for long-term respiratory morbidity and to identify other perinatal risk-indicators for long-term respiratory morbidity. Study design: In the Dutch POPS cohort 1338 live born infants delivered in The...article 2012
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Stomp-van den Berg, G.M. (author), Hendriksen, I.J.M. (author), Bruinvels, D.J. (author), Twisk, J.W.R. (author), van Mechelen, W. (author), van Poppel, M.N.M. (author)The objective of this study was to examine which factors during pregnancy and postpartum predict pelvic girdle pain (PGP) at 12 weeks postpartum among working women. A total of 548 Dutch pregnant employees were recruited in 15 companies, mainly health care, child care, and supermarkets. The definition of PGP was any pain felt in the pelvic...article 2012
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Wiegers, T. (author), de Graaf, H. (author), Pal. K. van der, (author)Birth centres are a relatively new development in the Netherlands. Home birth is still very common but an increasing number of women prefer the ‘safety’ of a more clinical environment, especially since the publication of and all the media attention about the Euro-Peristat data on perinatal deaths. The Steering Group ‘Pregnancy and Childbirth’...article 2012