Aline Lecomte

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Population birth data and pandemic readiness in Europe.

  • Public Health Expertise
September 27, 2021
2021 Sep. BJOG. Online ahead of print.
By:
  • Euro-Peristat Research Network
  • Euro-Perinat collaborators at LIH (Billy A. and Couffignal S. and Lecomte A.)
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International versus national growth charts for identifying small and large-for-gestational age newborns: A population-based study in 15 European countries.

  • Public Health Expertise
September 01, 2021
2021 Sep. Lancet Reg Health Eur.8:100167.
By:
  • Hocquette A
  • Durox M
  • Wood R
  • Klungsoyr K
  • Szamotulska K
  • Berrut S
  • Rihs T
  • Kyprianou T
  • Sakkeus L
  • Lecomte A
  • Zile I
  • Alexander S
  • Klimont J
  • Barros H
  • Gatt M
  • Isakova J
  • Blondel B
  • Gissler M
  • Zeitlin J.
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Using Robson's Ten-Group Classification System for comparing caesarean section rates in Europe: an analysis of routine data from the Euro-Peristat study.

  • Public Health Expertise
August 01, 2021
2021 Aug. BJOG.128(9):1444-1453. Epub 2021 Feb 1.
By:
  • Zeitlin J
  • Durox M
  • Macfarlane A
  • Alexander S
  • Heller G
  • Loghi M
  • Nijhuis J
  • Sól Ólafsdóttir H
  • Mierzejewska E
  • Gissler M
  • Blondel B
  • Euro-Peristat Network (Billy A Couffignal S Lecomte A and Weber G as contributors for Luxembourg).
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Analyse et évaluation de l’impact potentiel des recommandations du Conseil scientifique du domaine de la santé, du 9 juillet 2014, en matière des indications de césarienne programmée à terme au Luxembourg. (Book)

  • Public Health Expertise
March 01, 2021
2021 Mar. Luxembourg: Direction de la Santé, 2021. 40 p.
By:
  • Alkerwi A
  • Leite S
  • Pivot D
  • Debacker M
  • Weber G
  • Groupe de travail Perinat du LIH (Lecomte A. Pastore J. Billy A. et Couffignal S.).
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European Perinatal Health Report. Core indicators of the health and care of pregnant women and babies in Europe in 2015

  • Public Health Expertise
November 01, 2018
2018 Nov. Luxembourg: Euro-Peristat, 2018. 177 p.
By:
  • Euro-Peristat Network (Billy A Couffignal S and Lecomte A as contributors for Luxembourg)
  • .
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Surveillance de la santé périnatale au Luxembourg: Rapport sur les naissances 2014-2015-2016 et leur évolution depuis 2001. (Book)

  • Public Health Expertise
November 01, 2018
2018 Nov. Luxembourg: Ministère de la santé, Luxembourg Institute of Health, 2018. 57 p.
By:
  • Lecomte A
  • Barre J
  • Billy A
  • Couffignal S
  • de Rekeneire N
  • Weber G.
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International variations in the gestational age distribution of births: an ecological study in 34 high-income countries.

  • Public Health Expertise
April 01, 2018
2018 Apr. Eur J Public Health.28(2):303-309.
By:
  • Delnord M
  • Mortensen L
  • Hindori-Mohangoo AD
  • Blondel B
  • Gissler M
  • Kramer MR
  • Richards JL
  • Deb-Rinker P
  • Rouleau J
  • Morisaki N
  • Nassar N
  • Bolumar F
  • Berrut S
  • Nybo Andersen AM
  • Kramer MS
  • Zeitlin J
  • Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee (Billy A and Lecomte A contributors for Luxembourg).
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How do late terminations of pregnancy affect comparisons of stillbirth rates in Europe? Analyses of aggregated routine data from the Euro-Peristat Project.

  • Public Health Expertise
January 01, 2018
2018 Jan. BJOG.125(2):226-234. Epub 2017 Jul 17.
By:
  • Blondel B
  • Cuttini M
  • Hindori-Mohangoo AD
  • Gissler M
  • Loghi M
  • Prunet C
  • Heino A
  • Smith L
  • van der Pal-de Bruin K
  • Macfarlane A
  • Zeitlin J
  • Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee (Billy A and Lecomte A contributors for Luxembourg).
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Variations in rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies in 20 European countries: a study based on routine national data in Euro-Peristat Project.

  • Public Health Expertise
July 01, 2016
2016 Jul. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand.95(7):746-54. Epub 2016 Apr 5.
By:
  • Blondel B
  • Alexander S
  • Bjarnadottir RI
  • Gissler M
  • Langhoff-Roos J
  • Novak-Antolic Z
  • Prunet C
  • Zhang WH
  • Hindori-Mohangoo AD
  • Zeitlin J
  • Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee (Billy A and Lecomte A contributors for Luxembourg).
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Declines in stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates in Europe between 2004 and 2010: results from the Euro-Peristat project.

  • Public Health Expertise
June 01, 2016
2016 Jun. J Epidemiol Community Health.70(6):609-15. Epub 2015 Dec 30.
By:
  • Zeitlin J
  • Mortensen L
  • Cuttini M
  • Lack N
  • Nijhuis J
  • Haidinger G
  • Blondel B
  • Hindori-Mohangoo AD
  • Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee (Billy A and Lecomte A contributors for Luxembourg).
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Surveillance de la santé périnatale au Luxembourg: 2011 - 2012 - 2013. (Book)

  • Public Health Expertise
April 27, 2016
2016 Apr. Luxembourg: Luxembourg Institute of Health, Ministère de la santé, 2016. 143 p.
By:
  • Lecomte A
  • Billy A
  • Couffignal S.
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Wide differences in mode of delivery within Europe: risk-stratified analyses of aggregated routine data from the Euro-Peristat study.

  • Public Health Expertise
March 01, 2016
2016 Mar. BJOG.123(4):559-68. Epub 2015 Mar 9.
By:
  • Macfarlane AJ
  • Blondel B
  • Mohangoo AD
  • Cuttini M
  • Nijhuis J
  • Novak Z
  • Olafsdottir HS
  • Zeitlin J
  • Euro-Peristat contributors (Billy A and Lecomte A for Luxembourg).
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Variations in Multiple Birth Rates and Impact on Perinatal Outcomes in Europe.

  • Public Health Expertise
March 01, 2016
2016 Mar. PLoS One.11(3):e0149252.
By:
  • Heino A
  • Gissler M
  • Hindori-Mohangoo AD
  • Blondel B
  • Klungsoyr K
  • Verdenik I
  • Mierzejewska E
  • Velebil P
  • Sol Olafsdottir H
  • Macfarlane A
  • Zeitlin J
  • Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee (Billy A and Lecomte A contributors for Luxembourg).
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Socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirth rates in Europe: measuring the gap using routine data from the Euro-Peristat Project.

  • Public Health Expertise
January 19, 2016
2016 Jan. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth.16:15.
By:
  • Zeitlin J
  • Mortensen L
  • Prunet C
  • Macfarlane A
  • Hindori-Mohangoo AD
  • Gissler M
  • Szamotulska K
  • van der Pal K
  • Bolumar F
  • Andersen AM
  • Olafsdottir HS
  • Zhang WH
  • Blondel B
  • Alexander S
  • Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee (Billy A and Lecomte A contributors for Luxembourg).
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Linking databases on perinatal health: a review of the literature and current practices in Europe.

  • Public Health Expertise
January 10, 2016
2016 Jan. Eur J Public Health.26(3):422-30. Epub 2016 Jan 10.
By:
  • Delnord M
  • Szamotulska K
  • Hindori-Mohangoo AD
  • Blondel B
  • Macfarlane AJ
  • Dattani N
  • Barona C
  • Berrut S
  • Zile I
  • Wood R
  • Sakkeus L
  • Gissler M
  • Zeitlin J
  • Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee (Billy A and Lecomte A contributors for Luxembourg).
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Césarienne: Oui ? Non ? Peut-être ? / Kaiserschnitt: Ja? Nein? Vielleicht? / Caesarean: Yes? No? Maybe? / Cesariana: Sim? Não? Talvez? (Book)

  • Public Health Expertise
November 01, 2014
2014 Nov. Luxembourg: Ministère de la Santé, Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé / Centre d'Etudes en Santé, 2014. 52 p.
By:
  • Centre d'Etudes en Santé (Lecomte A as collaborator).
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Indications de la césarienne programmée à terme au Luxembourg - Version longue. V1.0

  • Public Health Expertise
July 09, 2014
2014 Jul. Luxembourg: Conseil scientifique, 2014. 29 p.
By:
  • GT Perinat (Lecomte A as collaborator).
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Effects of pre-feeding oral stimulation on oral feeding in preterm infants: a randomized clinical trial.

  • Public Health Expertise
  • Competence Center for Methodology and Statistics
March 01, 2014
2014 Mar. Early Hum Dev.90(3):125-9. Epub 2014 Jan 22.
By:
  • Bache M
  • Pizon E
  • Jacobs J
  • Vaillant M
  • Lecomte A.
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Surveillance de la santé périnatale au Luxembourg: Evolution de 2001-2011. (Book)

  • Public Health Expertise
June 01, 2013
2013 Jun. Luxembourg: Ministère de la santé, Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé, 2013. 187 p. ISBN 978-2-919909-84-1.
By:
  • Lecomte A
  • Billy A
  • Lair ML
  • Couffignal S
  • Kosmala M
  • Putz J
  • Wagener Y
  • Weber G.
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European perinatal health report: Health and care of pregnant women and babies in Europe in 2010

  • Public Health Expertise
May 01, 2013
2013 May. Luxembourg: Euro-Peristat, 2013. 250 p.
By:
  • Euro-Peristat Network (Lecomte A and Billy A as contributors for Luxembourg)
  • .
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