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Draft advisory report for public review 'Bisphenol A'
The Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety (DECOS) of the Health Council advices on starting points for setting ...
Draft advisory report for public review 'Cadmium and inorganic cadmium compounds'
The Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety (DECOS) of the Health Council advices on starting points for setting ...
Dietary reference values for vitamins and minerals for adults
The Health Council has evaluated the dietary reference values, using the reference values published by the European Food Safety ...
List of substances which are evaluated on adverse health effects
At request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council evaluates the properties of substances, which are ...
Testing blood donations for hepatitis E virus
Annually, about 133.000 Dutch residents contract a hepatitis E virus infection. Pork consumption is the main source of infection, ...
Population Screening Act: study into hepatic steatosis and liver fibrosis in The Maastricht Study
The Maastricht is an ongoing observational, population-based cohort study that focuses on type diabetes mellitus, cardio-vascular ...
Population Screening Act: a stop-smoking strategy as part of the national cervical cancer screening programme
The department of General Practice of the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam intends to examine the effect of a smoking ...
Fitness to drive in driving license group 2 in case of vision in only one eye
According to the European directive truck and bus drivers who have lost sight in one eye are not allowed to drive professionally ...
Phenytoin
The Health Council of the Netherlands reviewed the drug phenytoin. Phenytoin is a synthetic anticonvulsant, which can be used in ...
Health and working longer
The likelihood of health problems increases with age. Working longer may then be difficult. Measures like exercising at work or ...