An official American Thoracic Society public policy statement: Novel risk factors and the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Publications)
RATIONALE: Although cigarette smoking is the most important cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a substantial proportion of COPD cases cannot be explained by smoking alone. OBJECTIV
Urban agriculture and <em>Anopheles</em> habitats in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Publications)
A cross-sectional survey of agricultural areas, combined with routinely monitored mosquito larval information, was conducted in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to investigate how agricultural and geogr
Temporal and spatial variability of personal exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the population's exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in industrialized countries. OBJECTIVES: To examine levels of exposure and the importance
The difficulty in diagnosis and treatment of leprosy (Publications)
Leprosy is still an important and debilitating disease with a broad clinical spectrum. However, this disease occurs most often endemically, and as an imported disease it can also still be recognized i
Effect of the malaria vaccine combination B on merozoite surface antigen 2 diversity (Publications)
Extensive genetic polymorphism is generally found in Plasmodium falciparum surface antigens. This poses a considerable obstacle to the development of a malaria vaccine. In order to assess possible eff
