Estimating the health benefits associated with a speed limit reduction to thirty kilometres per hour: a health impact assessment of noise and road... (Publications)
estimated to annually prevent 1 cardiovascular death, 72 hospital admissions from cardiovascular disease, 17 incident diabetes cases, 1'127 individuals being highly annoyed and 918 individuals reporting sleep [...] severe injury and 4 minor injuries). The whole city speed reduction scenario more than doubled the annual benefits, and was the only scenario that contributed to a reduction in mortality from road traffic
Tracking official development assistance for reproductive health in conflict-affected countries (Publications)
ODA was disbursed annually to the 18 conflict-affected countries between 2003 and 2006, of which US $509.3 million (2.4%) was allocated to reproductive health. This represents an annual average of US $1 [...] activities in conflict-affected countries from 2003 to 2006. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The Creditor Reporting System and the Financial Tracking System databases were the chosen data sources for the study. ODA
Estimating the health benefits associated with a speed limit reduction to thirty kilometres per hour: a health impact assessment of noise and road... (Publications)
estimated to annually prevent 1 cardiovascular death, 72 hospital admissions from cardiovascular disease, 17 incident diabetes cases, 1'127 individuals being highly annoyed and 918 individuals reporting sleep [...] severe injury and 4 minor injuries). The whole city speed reduction scenario more than doubled the annual benefits, and was the only scenario that contributed to a reduction in mortality from road traffic
Tracking official development assistance for reproductive health in conflict-affected countries (Publications)
ODA was disbursed annually to the 18 conflict-affected countries between 2003 and 2006, of which US $509.3 million (2.4%) was allocated to reproductive health. This represents an annual average of US $1 [...] activities in conflict-affected countries from 2003 to 2006. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The Creditor Reporting System and the Financial Tracking System databases were the chosen data sources for the study. ODA
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Time trends of positivity rates from foodborne pathogen testing in Switzerland, 2003 to 2012 (Publications)
salmonellosis cases, respectively. The number of tests conducted annually increased for both pathogens by 51% from 2003 to 2012. Annual positivity rates of Campylobacter increased from 7.6 to 11.1% and [...] notification rates originate from laboratory-based surveillance whereby positive test results are reported to the National Notification System for Infectious Diseases. Consequently, notification rates do [...] and rates of Salmonella decreased from 2.7 to 1.5%. The largest increases in annua...
Time trends of positivity rates from foodborne pathogen testing in Switzerland, 2003 to 2012 (Publications)
salmonellosis cases, respectively. The number of tests conducted annually increased for both pathogens by 51% from 2003 to 2012. Annual positivity rates of Campylobacter increased from 7.6 to 11.1% and [...] notification rates originate from laboratory-based surveillance whereby positive test results are reported to the National Notification System for Infectious Diseases. Consequently, notification rates do [...] and rates of Salmonella decreased from 2.7 to 1.5%. The largest increases in annua...
Modifying effect of a common polymorphism in the interleukin-6 promoter on the relationship between long-term exposure to traffic-related particulate... (Publications)
data, who underwent ambulatory 24-hr electrocardiogram monitoring, and reported on medical history and lifestyle. Main effects of annual average TPM10 and IL6 gene variants (rs1800795; rs2069827; rs2069840; [...] rs2069840; rs10242595) on HRV indices and their interaction with average annual exposure to TPM10 were tested, applying a multivariable mixed linear model. RESULTS: No overall association of TPM10 on HRV was found
