Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and intramuscular vitamin D3 supplementation among Eritrean migrants recently arrived in Switzerland (Publications)
In a cross-sectional screening programme, we assessed serum vitamin D levels in adult Eritrean refugees recently arrived in Switzerland. Median vitamin D level among 107 participants (95 males and 12
Acid-induced rearrangement of epoxygermacranolides: synthesis of furanoheliangolides and cadinanes from nobilin (Publications)
The acid-induced rearrangement of three epoxyderivatives of nobilin 1, the most abundant sesquiterpene lactone in Anthemisnobilis flowers, was investigated. From the 1,10-epoxyderivative 2, furanoheli
Sequence data and association statistics from 12,940 type 2 diabetes cases and controls (Publications)
To investigate the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) to high resolution, the GoT2D and T2D-GENES consortia catalogued variation from whole-genome sequencing of 2,657 European individuals and exom
Troubling disease syndrome in endangered live Patagonian huemul deer (<em>Hippocamelus bisulcus</em>) from the Protected Park Shoonem: unusually high... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The last 1500 endangered Patagonian huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) exist in > 100 groups which are not recovering. Prevalence of osteopathology in dead huemul was 57+% (Argentina), whe
Occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic field and risk of Alzheimer disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) occurs in many occupations such as welders, electric utility workers, train drivers and sewing machine operators
Land use regression modeling of outdoor noise exposure in informal settlements in Western Cape, South Africa (Publications)
In low- and middle-income countries, noise exposure and its negative health effects have been little explored. The present study aimed to assess the noise exposure situation in adults living in inform
KaziBantu - Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities. 2017 onwards [Video] (Publications)
Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities – KaziBantu builds on existing evidence that school-based health interventions can improve the health of schoolchildren and teachers in low-resource settings. T