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  1. Q fever: risk of transmission via blood or other body material

    Q fever is a zoonosis – an infectious disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans – caused by the bacterium Coxiella ...

    Advisory report | 16-08-2011

  2. Nanomaterials in waste

    Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials are having a large and growing impact on society. For example, all kinds of ...

    Advisory report | 26-07-2011

  3. Grain dust. Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit

    At the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands sets health-based ...

    Advisory report | 22-07-2011

  4. Aerosols of mineral oils and metalworking fluids (containing mineral oils)

    In this advisory report, the Council’s Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety (DECOS) discusses the consequences of ...

    Advisory report | 29-06-2011

  5. Treating the effects of child abuse

    Child abuse has always been with us and it takes many different forms. It is estimated that more than 100,000 children are abused ...

    Advisory report | 28-06-2011

  6. Ethyleneglycol monomethyl ether (EGME) and ethyleneglycol monomethyl ether acetate (EGMEA). Health-based recommended occupational exposure limits

    At the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety (DECOS), a ...

    Advisory report | 24-06-2011

  7. 1,4-Dioxane. Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit

    At the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety (DECOS), a ...

    Advisory report | 24-06-2011

  8. Guidelines for a healthy diet: the ecological perspective

    Eating a diet according to Dutch ‘Guidelines for a healty diet’ is not only good for health, but also generally eco-friendly. ...

    Advisory report | 16-06-2011

  9. Population screening for cervical cancer

    The Netherlands has a good cervical cancer screening programme. Nevertheless, there are ways in which cervical cancer prevention ...

    Advisory report | 24-05-2011

  10. A fair compensation. Considerations for a proposal to give living kidney donors priority for transplantation

    Patients in the Netherlands requiring a donor kidney spend three to four years on average on the transplant waiting list for a ...

    Advisory report | 21-04-2011