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A weak sense of coherence is associated with a higher mortality risk.
J Epidemiol Community Health
May 2014
Master Applied Communication Science, Master Health and Society, Wageningen University, Internship at the National Institute for Public Health and Environment, , Bilthoven, Netherlands.
Background: Sense of coherence (SOC) is a health-promoting resource within the salutogenic theory that reflects an individual's coping ability. The association between SOC and mental health has been confirmed, but its association with mortality is less clear. We examined the association between SOC and all-cause mortality in an adult Dutch population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparison of molecular typing methods applied to Clostridium difficile.
Methods Mol Biol
July 2009
Reference Laboratory for Clostridium difficile, Medical Microbiology Department, LUMC, Leiden, The National Institute for Public Health and Environment, Bangkok, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Since the 1980s the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been investigated by the application of many different typing or fingerprinting methods. To study the epidemiology of CDI, a typing method with a high discriminatory power, typeability, and reproducibility is required. Molecular typing methods are generally regarded as having advantages over phenotypic methods in terms of the stability of genomic markers and providing greater levels of typeability.
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