Personal exposure assessment studies may suffer from exposure-relevant selection bias (Publications)
We evaluated exposure-relevant selection bias within the framework of a study on personal air pollution exposure, using traffic data as exposure proxy. Based on random samples of 3000 (Basel) and 2532
Atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Northern Vietnam: Hanoi and Thainguyen case study using the moss biomonitoring technique, INAA and AAS (Publications)
BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE: The moss technique is widely used to monitor atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in many countries in Europe, whereas this technique is scarcely used in Asia. To impleme
Improving environmental sanitation, health, and well-being: a conceptual framework for integral interventions (Publications)
We introduce a conceptual framework for improving health and environmental sanitation in urban and peri-urban areas using an approach combining health, ecological, and socioeconomic and cultural asses
Genetic pathways to glioblastoma: a population-based study (Publications)
We conducted a population-based study on glioblastomas in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland (population, 1.16 million) to determine the frequency of major genetic alterations and their effect on patie
Nutzen Behandlungsempfehlungen in psychiatrischen versicherungsrechtlichen Gutachten?[Treatment Recommendations in Psychiatric Disability Insurance... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In recent years the total number of people drawing a pension - especially for psychiatric reasons - from Switzerland's Federal Disability Insurance ("IV") has been steadily climbing. As we
Helminth parasites and hypobiosis of nematodes in N'Dama cattle during the dry season in The Gambia (Publications)
Three series of necropsies of cattle were performed, corresponding to early dry season, approximately 1 month after the last rains (November, n = 6), mid dry season (February, n = 6) and end dry seaso
Melarsoprol refractory <em>T. b. gambiense</em> from Omugo, north-western Uganda (Publications)
Culture adapted T. b. gambiense isolated from Northwest Uganda were exposed to 0.001-0.14 microg/ml melarsoprol or 1.56-100 microg/ml DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO). Minimum inhibitory concen
First-in-man safety and pharmacokinetics of synthetic ozonide OZ439 demonstrates an improved exposure profile relative to other peroxide antimalarials (Publications)
AIMS: To asses the safety and pharmacokinetics of a new synthetic ozonide antimalarial, OZ439, in a first-in-man, double-blind study in healthy volunteers. METHODS: OZ439 was administered as single or