Atopic sensitization in the first year of life (Publications)
child, such as consumption of cereals for incident sensitization to seasonal allergens (OR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.50-0.88).CONCLUSION: IgE sensitization patterns change between birth and 12 months and are related [...] associations for food allergens (odds ratio [OR], 10.6; 95% CI, 6.0-18.6) and the weakest associations for seasonal allergens (OR, 1.64; 95% CI, 0.94-2.86). Associations of maternal sensitization with incident
A prediction model for personal radio frequency electromagnetic field exposure (Publications)
explained (R(2)) by the final model was 0.52. The analysis of the agreement between calculated and measured RF-EMF showed a sensitivity of 0.56 and a specificity of 0.95 (cut-off: 90th percentile). In the [...] the validation study, the sensitivity and specificity of the model were 0.67 and 0.96, respectively. We could demonstrate that it is feasible to model personal RF-EMF exposure. Most importantly, our validation
The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age (Publications)
exposure to nitrogen dioxide (P=0.005), acid vapor (P=0.004), particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 microm (PM(2.5)) (P=0.04), and elemental carbon (P=0.007), even after adjustment [...] highest level of exposure to PM(2.5) as at the lowest level of exposure (7.9 percent vs. 1.6 percent, P=0.002). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that current levels of air pollution have chronic
Impact of a national HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaign on VCT in a rural hospital in Tanzania (Publications)
cells/mm(3) (P = 0.058), while the WHO clinical stage was similar in both periods. Enroling into the National AIDS Control Programme was significantly more common in 2008 (42%vs. 30%, P < 0.001). In a mu [...] VCT Campaign was being married (OR 1.61, 95%CI 1.21-2.15, P = 0.001) or divorced/widowed compared to single (OR 4.58, 95% CI 3.00-8.12, P < 0.001). Conclusions Our results suggest that the National VCT Campaign [...] afterwards. The overall HIV test positivity was 24.6% and higher in 2007...
Explaining suicide: identifying common themes and diverse perspectives in an urban Mumbai slum (Publications)
perceived cause was low (kappa = 0.14). The role of alcohol as a perceived cause of suicide had high series level agreement (46.0% in both groups) and case-level agreement (kappa = 0.60), suggesting comparable [...] was the perceived cause reported by a respondent in either group for 22.0% of index suicides, but case-level agreement was only 6.0%. Regarding financial stressors, more closely related family respondents
Evaluation of a real-time passive personal particle monitor in fixed site residential indoor and ambient measurements (Publications)
The pDR correlates more highly with the HI PM2.5 than with the HI PM10 (r2 = 0.66 vs. 0.13 for outdoors, r2 = 0.42 vs. 0.20 for indoors). The pDR appears to be a useful tool for an epidemiologic study [...] personal exposures to PM with time resolution at 1 min. The pDR measures light scatter from PM in the 0.1-10 microM range, the significant range for health effects. In order to assess the ability of the pDR
Rice irrigation and schistosomiasis in savannah and forest areas of Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
harvest per year and (R0) absence of rice growing. In the savannah zone, S. haematobium prevalence was 4.8%, 2.3% and 0.7% and S. mansoni prevalence was 16.1%, 11.9% and 2.1% in R2, R1 and R0, respectively. In [...] In the forest zone, S. haematobium prevalence was 0.9%, 4.4% and 1.7% and S. mansoni prevalence was 61.3%, 46.6% and 17.5% in R2, in R1 and R0, respectively. Prevalences of S. mansoni adjusted for village
Power spectra for screening parkinsonian patients for mild cognitive impairment (Publications)
right hemisphere: temporal, P < 0.05), differentiating between PD-CogNL and PD-MCI groups. Effect sizes were high, ranging from 0.79 to 0.87. Median frequency was 8.56 ± 0.74 Hz and was not different between [...] temporal region. The area under the corresponding receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was 0.72. The optimal classification threshold yielded a sensitivity of 65.9% and a specificity of 66.7%.
The epidemiology of malaria in the Wosera area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, in preparation for vaccine trials. II. Mortality and morbidity (Publications)
figures for adults were 2%, 0.9% and 0.1%, respectively. The calculation of attributable fraction (AF) using a multiple logistic regression model showed that malaria accounted for 0.44 of all fevers in children [...] the 49 deaths assessed through medical records. Malaria was the first cause of death in children aged 0.5-4 years. Of the 7795 subjects interviewed and bled during six cross-sectional community-based surveys [...] children of 1-4 years and 0.08 of the fevers in adults. Prevalence...
Nitrogen dioxide levels estimated from land use regression models several years apart and association with mortality in a large cohort study (Publications)
in 1995/96 and 44.6 mug/m(3) (SD 11.0) in 2007, respectively. The correlation of the two measurements was 0.79. The LUR models resulted in adjusted R2 of 0.737 and 0.704, respectively. The correlation of [...] of the predicted exposure values for cohort members was 0.96. The association of each 10 mug/m(3) increase in NO(2) with mortality was 6 % for 1995/96 and 4 % for 2007 LUR models. The increased risk per
