Spirometer replacement and serial lung function measurements in population studies: results from the SAPALDIA study (Publications)
The Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Disease in Adults (SAPALDIA), a population cohort study, used heated-wire spirometers in 1991 and 2002 and then ultrasonic spirometers in 201
Changes in IgE sensitization and total IgE levels over 20 years of follow-up (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies have reported a lower prevalence of sensitization in older adults, but few longitudinal studies have examined whether this is an aging or a year-of-birth cohort eff
Intermittency ratio: a metric reflecting short-term temporal variations of transportation noise exposure (Publications)
Most environmental epidemiology studies model health effects of noise by regressing on acoustic exposure metrics that are based on the concept of average energetic dose over longer time periods (i.e.
<em>Opisthorchis felineus</em> infection and cholangiocarcinoma in the Russian Federation: a review of medical statistics (Publications)
Opisthorchis felineus (O. felineus) occurs in Western Siberia and many other parts of the Russian Federation (RF). The true extent of its distribution is not known. Chronic infection may lead to sever
Passive smoking exposure among adults and the dynamics of respiratory symptoms in a prospective multicenter cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to measure the effects of past exposure to environmental tobacco smoke on the day-to-day dynamics of four respiratory-symptom classes in a diary study including a
Étude du biais dû aux non-répondants dans une étude épidemiologique (SAPALDIA) (Publications)
Within the Swiss Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA) 16267 adults aged 18 to 60 years from 8 different locations in Switzerland were randomly selected for answering a questio
