Prevalence and predictors of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder in a population-based sample (Publications)
The study aimed at assessing the prevalence of premenstrual symptoms and of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in a population-based sample of women of the entire r
From innovation to application: social-ecological context, diagnostics, drugs and integrated control of schistosomiasis (Publications)
Compared to malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, schistosomiasis remains a truly neglected tropical disease. Schistosomiasis, perhaps more than any other disease, is entrenched in prevailing social-eco
Effect of combined treatment with praziquantel and artemether on <em>Schistosoma japonicum </em>and<em> Schistosoma mansoni</em> in experimentally... (Publications)
Praziquantel and artemether are safe and efficacious antischistosomal drugs that act against different developmental stages of the parasite: praziquantel against adult worms and artemether against sch
The potential of artemether for the control of schistosomiasis (Publications)
Schistosomiasis continues to rank - following malaria - at the second position of the world's parasitic diseases in terms of the extent of endemic areas and the number of infected people. There is yet
Putting people first: a primary health care success in rural India (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Report, 2008, contains a global review of primary health care on the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata. The period covered by the study reported on here corr
Eating disorders and disordered eating in different cultures (Publications)
Clinical experience and research have moved the field toward greater recognition and differentiation of eating disorders as independent categories of mental disorder. Shorter's historical analysis, ho
Inverse association of farm milk consumption with asthma and allergy in rural and suburban populations across Europe (Publications)
Background Dietary interventions as a means for atopy prevention attract great interest. Some studies in rural environments claimed an inverse association between consumption of farmproduced dairy pro