Increasing awareness of and behaviour towards periconceptional folic acid consumption in The Netherlands from 1994 to 1995

Objective: In November 1993, Dutch health authorities advised that women planning a pregnancy should take folic acid in the periconceptional period to reduce the risk of fetal neural tube defects. In the autumn of 1995 a national campaign was organized to inform women and health care professionals in a systematic way. Methods: We assessed the...

Assessment of human exposure to fumonisin B1

Fumonisin B1 is currently regarded as the most significant mycotoxin produced by Fusarium spp. It has carcinogenic properties and may play a role in the etiology of human esophageal cancer. The human population is exposed to fumonisin B1 primarily by intake of fumonisin B1-contaminated maize. Maize consumed in the Netherlands is imported from...

Complex mixtures: Hazard identification and risk assessment

Regarding risk evaluation of complex mixtures, the Working Group discussed the following topics: evaluation of the mixture as a whole, fractionation of the mixture, identification of the 'top ten' chemicals, and composite standards. It was concluded that no standard methodology for hazard identification and risk assessment of complex mixtures...

Experimental designs and risk assessment in combination toxicology: Panel discussion

Advancing our knowledge on the toxicology of combined exposures to chemicals and implementation of this knowledge in guidelines for health risk assessment of such combined exposures are necessities dictated by the simple fact that humans are continuously exposed to a multitude of chemicals. A prerequisite for successful research and fruitful...

Prevalentie van door ouders gerapporteerde chronische aandoeningen bij schoolkindern [Prevalence of chronic diseases in school children reported by the parents]

Objective. To establish the prevalence of chronic diseases reported by parents among a random population of Dutch children. Furthermore, to establish how often these children visited a physician because of a chronic disease, and used drugs for its treatment. Setting. Dordrecht and environs. Design. Descriptive. Method. In the school year 1990...

Zoönosen als volksgezond-heidprobleem [Zoonoses as a public health problem]

Zoonoses can be defined as infectious diseases that are transmitted from vertebrate animals to man under natural conditions. Applying this definition, a review is presented of zoonoses, occurring in the Netherlands. Data about this group of infectious diseases were collected from public health and veterinary data sources. From the results of the...

Bijzondere tandheelkundige hulp. Een evaluatie van de herziene regeling 1990[Special dentistry assistance. An evaluation of the revised ruling 1990]

Public Health insurance provision of dental care for patients with a physical, mental, dental or medical handicap has been reorganized in 1990. In order to evaluate this reorganization, general dental practitioners, dentists in hospital clinics or institutions for the handicapped as well as dentists employed as advisors to local health insurance...

Gezonde levensverwachting, een eigentijdse maat voor de volksgezondheid [Healthy life expectancy, a contemporary indicator for public health]

De sturing van het gezondheidsonderzoek: Voordrachten gehouden tijdens het afscheid van Prof.Dr. E.M. Cohen als voorzitter Gezondheidsorganisatie TNO

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