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Vrijheid, M. (author), Casas, M. (author), Bergström, A. (author), Carmichael, A. (author), Cordier, S. (author), Eggesbø, M. (author), Eller, E. (author), Fantini, M.P. (author), Fernández, M.F. (author), Fernández-Somoano, A. (author), Gehring, U. (author), Grazuleviciene, R. (author), Hohmann, C. (author), Karvonen, A.M. (author), Keil, T. (author), Kogevinas, M. (author), Koppen, G. (author), Krämer, U. (author), Kuehni, C.E. (author), Magnus, P. (author), Majewska, R. (author), Andersen, A.-M.N. (author), Patelarou, E. (author), Petersen, M.S. (author), Pierik, F.H. (author), Polanska, K. (author), Porta, D. (author), Richiardi, L. (author), Santos, A.C. (author), Slama, R. (author), Sram, R.J. (author), Thijs, C. (author), Tischer, C. (author), Toft, G. (author), Trnovec, T. (author), Vandentorren, S. (author), Vrijkotte, T.G.M. (author), Wilhelm, M. (author), Wright, J. (author), Nieuwenhuijsen, M. (author)Background: Many pregnancy and birth cohort studies investigate the health effects of early-life environmental contaminant exposure. An overview of existing studies and their data is needed to improve collaboration, harmonization, and future project planning. Objectives: Our goal was to create a comprehensive overview of European birth cohorts...article 2012
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Liebrechts-Akkerman, G. (author), Lao, O. (author), Liu, F. (author), van Sleuwen, B.E. (author), Engelberts, A.C. (author), L'Hoir, M.P. (author), Tiemeier, H.W. (author), Kayser, M. (author)Background: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected death of an infant that remains unexplained after a thorough investigation of the circumstances, family history, paediatric investigation and complete autopsy. In Western society, it is the leading cause of post-neonatal death below 1 year of age. In the Netherlands, the SIDS...article 2011
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de Kroon, M.L.A. (author), Renders, C.M. (author), van Wouwe, J.P. (author), Hirasing, R.A. (author), van Buuren, S. (author)Objective. To develop a tool to identify children with high risk of adult overweight (AO), especially before developing overweight, based on body mass index (BMI) standard deviation score(s) (SDS) changes between 2-6 years (y) of age. Methods. We fitted a linear spline model to BMI SDS of 762 young Caucasian adults from the Terneuzen Birth...article 2011
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Parker, J.D. (author), Rich, D.Q. (author), Glinianaia, S.V. (author), Leem, J.H. (author), Wartenberg, D. (author), Bell, M.L. (author), Bonzini, M. (author), Brauer, M. (author), Darrow, L. (author), Gehring, U. (author), Gouveia, N. (author), Grillo, P. (author), Ha, E. (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), Slama, R. (author), Pierik, F.H. (author), Pesatori, A.C. (author), Sathyanarayana, S. (author), Seo, J. (author), Strickland, M. (author), Tamburic, L. (author), Woodruff, T.J. (author)Background: The findings of prior studies of air pollution effects on adverse birth outcomes are difficult to synthesize because of differences in study design. Objectives: The International Collaboration on Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes was formed to understand how differences in research methods contribute to variations in findings. We...article 2011
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Woldringh, G.H. (author), Hendriks, J.C.M. (author), van Klingeren, J. (author), van Buuren, S. (author), Kollée, L.A.A. (author), Zielhuis, G.A. (author), Kremer, J.A.M. (author)Birth weight and longitudinal growth in the first 4 years of life of term singletons conceived with the use of IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) were compared with those of naturally conceived singletons. Although IVF and ICSI singletons had a statistically significantly lower birth weight than naturally conceived singletons, the...article 2011
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Buitendijk, S. (author)Worldwide, there are two conceptual models of pregnancy and child birth. In the first, 'male' model, pregnancy and the birth of a baby are biomedical processes. In the second, 'female' model, pregnancy and child birth are major psychosocial events for the woman. The research agenda of obstetricians is based on the biomedical model. It mainly...article 2011
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Gissler, M. (author), Mohangoo, A.D. (author), Blondel, B. (author), Chalmers, J. (author), MacFarlane, A. (author), Gaizauskiene, A. (author), Gatt, M. (author), Lack, N. (author), Sakkeus, L. (author), Zeitlin, J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Data about deliveries, births, mothers and newborn babies are collected extensively to monitor the health and care of mothers and babies during pregnancy, delivery and the post-partum period, but there is no common approach in Europe. We analysed the problems related to using the European data for international comparisons of perinatal health....article 2010
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de Jonge, A. (author), Rijnders, M.E.B. (author), van Diem, M.Th. (author), Scheepers, P.L.H. (author), Lagro-Janssen, A.L.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: to establish which factors are associated with birthing positions throughout the second stage of labour and at the time of birth. Design: retrospective cohort study. Setting: primary care midwifery practices in the Netherlands. Participants: 665 low-risk women who received midwife-led care. Measurements and findings: a postal...article 2009
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Zwart, J.J. (author), Richters, J.M. (author), Öry, F. (author), de Vries, J.I.P. (author), Bloemenkamp, K.W.M. (author), van Roosmalen, J. (author)Objective: To assess incidence of uterine rupture in scarred and unscarred uteri and its maternal and fetal complications in a nationwide design. Design: Population-based cohort study. Setting: All 98 maternity units in the Netherlands. Population: All women delivering in the Netherlands between August 2004 and August 2006 (n = 371 021). Methods...article 2009
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Janssen, P. (author), Nolan, M.L. (author), Spiby, H. (author), Green, J. (author), Gross, M.M. (author), Cheyne, H. (author), Hundley, V. (author), Rijnders, M. (author), de Jonge, A. (author), Buitendijk, S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)PREFACE: In places where hospital birth is the norm, one of the major contemporary challenges to the organization of intrapartum care is posed by women who are not in established labor. In the United Kingdom, these women have been given a special name, "Category X," and they can account for a substantial percentage of admissions (1). These women...article 2009
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Weisglas-Kuperus, N. (author), Hille, E.T.M. (author), Duivenvoorden, H.J. (author), Finken, M.J.J. (author), Wit, J.M. (author), van Buuren, S. (author), van Goudoever, J.B. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: To examine the effect of intrauterine and neonatal growth, prematurity and personal and environmental risk factors on intelligence in adulthood in survivors of the early neonatal intensive care era. Methods: A large geographically based cohort comprised 94% of all babies born alive in the Netherlands in 1983 with a gestational age...article 2009
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Anthony, S. (author), Jacobusse, G.W. (author), van der Pal-De Bruin, K.M. (author), Buitendijk, S. (author), Zeitlin, J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Perinatal mortality rates differ markedly between countries in Europe. If population characteristics, such as maternal age, parity or multiple births, contribute to these differences, standardised rates may be useful for international comparisons of health status and especially quality of care. This analysis used aggregated population-based data...article 2009
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Weijerman, M.E. (author), van Furth, A.M. (author), Vonk Noordegraaf, A. (author), van Wouwe, J.P. (author), Broers, C.J.M. (author), Gemke, R.J.B.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: To determine the prevalence, neonatal characteristics, and first-year mortality in Down syndrome (DS) among children in the Netherlands. Study design: The number of DS births registered by the Dutch Paediatric Surveillance Unit (DPSU) in 2003 was compared with total live births (reference population) and perinatal registrations....article 2008
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Eijkemans, M. (author), Mommers, M. (author), de Vries, S.I. (author), van Buuren, S. (author), Stafleu, A. (author), Bakker, I. (author), Thijs, C. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)OBJECTIVE. Prevalence of asthma and overweight has increased simultaneously during the past decades. Several studies have reported an association between these two health problems, but it is unclear whether this relation is causal. We hypothesize that children with asthmatic symptoms are less physically active, which may contribute to the...article 2008
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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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Sondaar, M. (author), van Kessel, B.J.M. (author), de Kleine, M.J.K. (author), Briët, J.M. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), van Baar, A. (author)Often developmental psychologists see children only after referral from physicians. Do pediatricians recognize which children in a known risk group are in need of a cognitive evaluation? A judgment by pediatricians, based on an assessment using a parent questionnaire, the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) and the overall impression...article 2008
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Amelink-Verburg, M.P. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), Hakkenberg, R.M.A. (author), Veldhuijzen, I.M.E. (author), Bennebroek Gravenhorst, J. (author), Buitendijk, S.E. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: To assess the nature and outcome of intrapartum referrals from primary to secondary care within the Dutch obstetric system. Design: Descriptive study. Setting: Dutch midwifery database (LVR1), covering 95% of all midwifery care and 80% of all Dutch pregnancies (2001-03). Population: Low-risk women (280 097) under exclusive care of a...article 2008
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Baston, H. (author), Rijnders, M. (author), Green, J. (author), Buitendijk, S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)In 2003 research was conducted in England (n=738) to further our understanding of factors that relate to women's longer-term appraisal of their birth experience. Women's appraisals are likely to be influenced by the culture in which they give birth and the predominant norms at that time. To explore this further, the study was replicated in the...article 2008
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de Jonge, A. (author), Teunissen, D.A.M. (author), van Diem, M.T. (author), Scheepers, P.L.H. (author), Lagro-Janssen, A.L.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Aim. This paper is a report of a study to explore the views of midwives on women's positions during the second stage of labour. Background. Many authors recommend encouraging women to use positions that are most comfortable to them. Others advocate encouragement of non-supine positions, because offering 'choice' is not enough to reverse the...article 2008
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Verrips, E. (author), Vogels, T. (author), Saigal, S. (author), Wolke, D. (author), Meyer, R. (author), Hoult, L. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)OBJECTIVE.The goal was to compare health-related quality of life of 12- to 16-year-old adolescents born at an extremely low birth weight in regional cohorts from Ontario (Canada), Bavaria (Germany), and the Netherlands. METHODS. Patients were extremely low birth weight survivors from Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. Health-related quality...article 2008