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Work programme 2019
Each year, the Health Council draws up a work programme containing an overview of the issues that will form the subjects of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Self-reliance of the elderly
More research is needed to determine which interventions are effective to keep the elderly self-reliant. Especially in the social ...
Population Screening Act: study of online lifestyle advice for reducing the risk of dementia
The University Medical Centre in Groningen (UMCG) would like to investigate strategies for offering online lifestyle advice that ...