Background The extent to which moderate overweight (body mass index [BMI], 25.0-29.9
[calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared]) and obesity (BMI,≥ …

This paper studies a non‐response problem in survival analysis where the occurrence of
missing data in the risk factor is related to mortality. In a study to determine the influence of …

Summary In The Netherlands so far little research has been carried out to investigate the
health effects of exposure to whole-body vibration at work. In a retrospective (10-year) follow …

Objective To support decision making on how to best redesign chronic care by studying the
heterogeneity in effectiveness across chronic care management evaluations for heart failure …

Background: Body weight and body mass index (BMI) are positively related to risk of colon
cancer in men, whereas weak or no associations exist in women. This discrepancy may be …

It has been suggested that noise exposure is associated with blood pressure changes and
ischemic heart disease risk, but epidemiologic evidence is still limited. Furthermore, most …

Background A high consumption of fruit and vegetables is possibly associated with a
decreased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the findings to date are inconsistent …

Smoking has recently been recognised as causally associated with the development of
gastric cancer (GC). However, evidence on the effect by sex, duration and intensity of …

In 1999, an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease affected many visitors to a flower show in the
Netherlands. To identify the source of the outbreak, we performed an environmental …

ContextThe intake of vegetables and fruits has been thought to protect against breast
cancer. Most of the evidence comes from case-control studies, but a recent pooled analysis …