Ambient air quality standards and policies in Eastern Mediterranean countries: a review (Publications)
bibliographic databases, hand-searched the relevant papers and reports, and analysed unpublished data on NAAQS in the EMR countries reported from these countries to the WHO/Regional office of the Eastern [...] the Interim Target-2 (25 mug m(-3)) for annual mean PM(2.5): it would reduce all-cause mortality by 3%-37.5%. Less than half of the countries in the Region reported having policies relevant to air quality [...] s Air Quality Guidelines (WHO AQGs 2021), 3) estimate the potential health...
Infections with the pathogen Campylobacter generate costs of estimated EUR 8 million annually. This is the most commonly reported cause of foodborne disease in Switzerland. Usually, Campylobacter infections are [...] Acute diarrhoea entails annual health care costs of EUR 29 to 45 million in Switzerland. Thereof, around a quarter is due to infections of the diarrhoea-causing pathogen Campylobacter. This was revealed [...] regarding this common disease. There are more consultations due to...
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Long-term ambient air pollution and respiratory symptoms in adults (SAPALDIA study) (Publications)
positive associations between annual mean concentrations of NO2, total suspended particulates, and particulates of less than 10 micrometers in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) and reported prevalences of chronic phlegm [...] extended version of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey questionnaire. The impact of annual mean concentrations of air pollutants was analyzed separately for never-, former, and current smokers [...] Among never-smokers, the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for a...
Long-term ambient air pollution and respiratory symptoms in adults (SAPALDIA study) (Publications)
positive associations between annual mean concentrations of NO2, total suspended particulates, and particulates of less than 10 micrometers in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) and reported prevalences of chronic phlegm [...] extended version of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey questionnaire. The impact of annual mean concentrations of air pollutants was analyzed separately for never-, former, and current smokers [...] Among never-smokers, the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for a...
Persistent hot spots in Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation studies for gaining and sustaining control of... (Publications)
four intervention years, with final evaluation in the fifth year. Mass drug administration given annually or twice over 4 years reduced average prevalence and intensity of schistosome infections, but not [...] reduction in infection intensity after 4 years of either school-based or community-wide MDA, either annually or twice in 4 years. By this definition, at least 30% of villages in each of the five studies were [...] found no consistent relationship between PHSs and the type or frequency of...
Persistent hot spots in Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation studies for gaining and sustaining control of... (Publications)
four intervention years, with final evaluation in the fifth year. Mass drug administration given annually or twice over 4 years reduced average prevalence and intensity of schistosome infections, but not [...] reduction in infection intensity after 4 years of either school-based or community-wide MDA, either annually or twice in 4 years. By this definition, at least 30% of villages in each of the five studies were [...] found no consistent relationship between PHSs and the type or frequency of...
Annoyance due to air pollution in Europe (Publications)
selected adults from the general population. Annoyance due to air pollution was self-reported on an 11-point scale. Annual mean mass concentration of fine particles (PM2.5) and its sulphur (S) content were [...] annoyance). Participants in the Northern European countries reported less annoyance. Female gender, nocturnal dyspnoea, phlegm and rhinitis, self-reported car and heavy vehicle traffic in front of the home, high [...] 21 centres as a surrogate of urban air pollution. Results: Forty-three...
Annoyance due to air pollution in Europe (Publications)
selected adults from the general population. Annoyance due to air pollution was self-reported on an 11-point scale. Annual mean mass concentration of fine particles (PM2.5) and its sulphur (S) content were [...] annoyance). Participants in the Northern European countries reported less annoyance. Female gender, nocturnal dyspnoea, phlegm and rhinitis, self-reported car and heavy vehicle traffic in front of the home, high [...] 21 centres as a surrogate of urban air pollution. Results: Forty-three...
of reports on laboratory findings" Since the implementation of the revised Epidemics Act in Switzerland in January 2016, information on the number of tests performed has to be reported as an annual statistic [...] es, additional to individual case reports. This "statistic of reports on laboratory findings" should help interpreting trends in the number of individual case reports as the latter not only depend on disease [...] laboratory practices affecting test numbers. We analyse data from the...
