Predictors of state-of-the-art management of early breast cancer in Switzerland (Publications)
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate predictors of state-of-the-art management of early breast cancer in Switzerland. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 3499 women aged 25-79 yea
Differences in heart rate variability associated with long-term exposure to NO2 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of cardiac autonomic tone, has been associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Short-term studies have shown that subjects exposed to h
Skin disorders among school children in rural Tanzania and an assessment of therapeutic needs (Publications)
Eight hundred and twenty primary school children were examined to assess the spectrum and prevalence of skin diseases in rural Tanzania. In all, 55% of the children had one or several skin disorders,
Synthesis, DNA binding, fluorescence measurements and antiparasitic activity of DAPI related diamidines (Publications)
A novel series of extended DAPI analogues were prepared by insertion of either a carbon-carbon triple bond (16a-d) or a phenyl group (21a, b and 24) at position-2. The new amidines were evaluated in v
Emergence of W135 meningococcal meningitis in Ghana (Publications)
Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135, well known for a long time as a cause of isolated cases of meningococcal meningitis, has recently increasingly been associated with disease outbreaks of consider