Comparison of trial participants and open access users of a web-based physical activity intervention regarding adherence, attrition, and repeated... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Web-based interventions are popular for promoting healthy lifestyles such as physical activity. However, little is known about user characteristics, adherence, attrition, and predictors of
Exposure to pets, and the association with hay fever, asthma, and atopic sensitization in rural children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: An increasing number of studies report pet exposure to be associated with lower risk of asthma and allergies. This 'protective pet effect' has been suggested to result from a modified T-he
High prevalence of mental disorders and comorbidity in the Geneva Gay Men's Health Study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Several large surveys have suggested high prevalence of psychiatric disorders among gay men and other men who have sex with men. METHODS: In 2002, a comprehensive health survey was conduct
<em>Schistosoma japonicum</em>: in vitro effects of artemether combined with haemin depend on cultivation media and appraisal of artemether products... (Publications)
We recently found that the exposure of schistosomes in vitro to artemether plus haemin can lead to parasite death, while exposure to each compound singly had no effect. Since these observations might
An approach to classifying human resources constraints to attaining health-related Millennium Development Goals (Publications)
BACKGROUND: For any wide-ranging effort to scale up health-related priority interventions, human resources for health (HRH) are likely to be a key to success. This study explores constraints related t