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1. Disease, activity and schoolchildren's health (DASH) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a study protocol (Publications)

   Disease, activity and schoolchildren's health (DASH) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a study protocol

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   BACKGROUND: An in-depth epidemiological investigation on intestinal parasite infections in an impoverished area of Port Elizabeth, South Africa provides a unique opportunity for research on its impact

2. Menopause is associated with accelerated lung function decline (Publications)

   Menopause is associated with accelerated lung function decline

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   RATIONALE: Menopause is associated with changes in sex hormones, which affect immunity, inflammation, and osteoporosis and may impair lung function. Lung function decline has not previously been inves

3. Association of air pollution with cognitive functions and its modification by APOE gene variants in elderly women (Publications)

   Association of air pollution with cognitive functions and its modification by APOE gene variants in elderly women

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4. Socioeconomic status and childhood leukemia incidence in Switzerland (Publications)

   Socioeconomic status and childhood leukemia incidence in Switzerland

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   Socioeconomic status (SES) discrepancies exist for child and adult cancer morbidity and are a major public health concern. In this Swiss population-based matched case-control study on the etiology of

5. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of cerebrovascular events: results from 11 European cohorts within the ESCAPE project (Publications)

   Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of cerebrovascular events: results from 11 European cohorts within the ESCAPE project

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   BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated effects of air pollution on the incidence of cerebrovascular events. OBJECTIVES: We assessed the association between long-term exposure to multiple air pollut

6. Effects of scale, question location, order of response alternatives, and season on self-reported noise annoyance using ICBEN scales: a field... (Publications)

   Effects of scale, question location, order of response alternatives, and season on self-reported noise annoyance using ICBEN scales: a field experiment

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   The type of noise annoyance scale and aspects of its presentation such as response format or location within a questionnaire and other contextual factors may affect self-reported noise annoyance. By m

7. Intestinal parasites, growth and physical fitness of schoolchildren in poor neighbourhoods of Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a cross-sectional survey (Publications)

   Intestinal parasites, growth and physical fitness of schoolchildren in poor neighbourhoods of Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a cross-sectional survey

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8. Latent class analysis reveals clinically relevant atopy phenotypes in two birth cohorts (Publications)

   Latent class analysis reveals clinically relevant atopy phenotypes in two birth cohorts

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   BACKGROUND: Phenotypes of childhood-onset asthma are characterized by distinct trajectories and functional features. For atopy, definition of phenotypes during childhood is less clear. OBJECTIVE: To d

9. Stop measles in Switzerland - the importance of travel medicine (Publications)

   Stop measles in Switzerland - the importance of travel medicine

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   BACKGROUND: In line with the worldwide strive to combat measles, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Heath (FOPH) launched a National Strategy for measles elimination 2011-2015. In this study, we highl

10. Umwelt- und Gesundheitsforschung in der Schweiz: Ein Rückblick auf das nationale Forschungsprogramm 26A (Publications)

    Umwelt- und Gesundheitsforschung in der Schweiz: Ein Rückblick auf das nationale Forschungsprogramm 26A

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