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The 'thousand-dollar genome': an ethical exploration
Sequencing an individual’s complete genome is expected to be possible for a relatively low sum (‘one thousand dollars’) within a ...
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Human vaccination against Q fever
The Health Council currently sees no reason to expand the target group for Q fever vaccination. The Council remains committed to ...
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Value for our money. Deciding on public investments in health research
The Dutch government is investing heavily in biomedical research, partly because developments in biomedical technology may ...
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Vaccination of pregnant women against seasonal influenza 2010-2011
The World Health Organisation (WHO) expects influenza A/H1N1 to be the dominant strain of the virus in the northern hemisphere in ...
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For fat and thin. Prevention of overweight and obesity and the risk of eating disorders
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport has started a large number of initiatives to prevent overweight and obesity, which are ...
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Fitness to drive with epilepsy
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Aluminium and aluminium compounds - Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit
At request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands recommends health-based ...
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Endotoxins - 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 ...
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Comparison of recommended exposure limits for hydrogen sulphide
In 2006 DECOS assessed the consequences of occupational exposure to hydrogen sulphide and recommended a health-based occupational ...
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Invitational Conference 'Is health a state or an ability? Towards a dynamic concept of health'
The past years thinking about the concept of health has moved with varying degrees of criticism around the old WHO definition: a ...