Prevention of overweight and hypertension through cardiorespiratory fitness and extracurricular sport participation among South African schoolchildren (Publications)
to analyze the data. At baseline, 18.8% of the children were classified as overweight/obese and 13.5% as hypertensive. High cardiorespiratory fitness and high sport participation were negatively associated
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and electric shocks: a systematic review and... (Publications)
shocks and risk of ALS (RRPooled estimate: 0.97; 95%CI: 0.80, 1.17) with high heterogeneity (I2=80.5%), and little indication for publication bias (PEgger's test=0.24). The findings indicate that occupational
Chemical constituents from <em>Waltheria indica</em> exert <em>in vitro</em> activity against <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> and <em>T. cruzi</em> (Publications)
derivatives (betulinic acid (4), 3beta-acetoxy-27-trans-caffeoyloxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid methyl ester (5) and 3beta-acetoxy-27-cis-caffeoyloxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid methyl ester (6)) identified by 1D and
Validation of two accelerometers to determine mechanical loading of physical activities in children (Publications)
performance of different tasks of daily physical activity in children. Thirteen children (10.1 (range 5.4-15.7) years, 3 girls) wore two accelerometers (ActiGraph GT3X+ (ACT), GENEA (GEN)) at the hip that
Rapid shift toward overweight from double burden of underweight and overweight among Bangladeshi women: a systematic review and pooled analysis (Publications)
meta-analysis was performed by reviewing data extracted from the included studies. Using data from 5 successive national demographic and health surveys, the average annual rates of change in underweight
A global assessment of civil registration and vital statistics systems: monitoring data quality and progress (Publications)
percentage of deaths registered increasing from 36% to 38%, and the percentage of children aged under 5 years whose birth has been registered increasing from 58% to 65%. However, several individual countries
Molecular and culture-based diagnosis of <em>Clostridium difficile</em> isolates from Côte d'Ivoire after prolonged storage at disrupted cold chain... (Publications)
for anaerobic culture, susceptibility testing, PCR assays and ribotyping. RESULTS: Sixteen samples (5.4%) had a positive GDH screening test. C. difficile infection was confirmed in six specimens by culture
Air pollution and respiratory symptoms in preschool children (Publications)
A diary study on a random sample of 625 Swiss children aged 0 to 5 yr was conducted in two cities in Switzerland to investigate the association between air pollution and respiratory symptoms. Total suspended
The phenomenon of treatment failures in human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
melarsoprol were not a major problem in Trypanosoma brucei gambiense patients. Commonly a relapse rate of 5-8% was reported, but in recent years it has increased dramatically in some important foci of T. b. gambiense
Impact of road traffic noise annoyance on health-related quality of life: results from a population-based study (Publications)
in a population-based study and potential effect modification by gender. METHODS: The study included 5,021 participants of the Swiss Cohort Study of Air Pollution and Lung Disease in Adults second survey