Van der Vekens, Elke https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1818-4285
de Bakker, Evelien
Bogaerts, Evelien
Broeckx, Bart J. G.
Ducatelle, Richard
Kromhout, Kaatje
Saunders, Jimmy H.
Article History
Received: 18 July 2018
Accepted: 29 April 2019
First Online: 14 May 2019
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