The Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry: rationale, organisation and results for the years 2001-2005 (Publications)
leukaemias, 223 (24.0%) were CNS tumours, and 116 (13.1%) were lymphomas. The age-standardised annual incidence per 1 Million person-years (age below 15 years; world standardisation) was 154.0 (95% CI 143.7-164 [...] 7-164.3; N = 887). The incidence was higher for boys (170.2, 155.0-185.4; N = 501) than for girls (136.9, 123.0-150.8; N = 386). CONCLUSION: The close collaboration between all paediatric oncologists-h
The influence of host and bacterial genotype on the development of disseminated disease with <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
pulmonary rather than meningeal tuberculosis (Odds ratio (OR) for causing TBM 0.395, 95% confidence intervals (C.I.) 0.193-0.806, P = 0.009), suggesting these strains are less capable of extra-pulmonary dissemination
A multinational case-control study on childhood brain tumours, anthropogenic factors, birth characteristics and prenatal exposures: a validation of... (Publications)
Agreement between interview and birth registry data ranged from moderate (Kappa=0.54; worked during pregnancy) to almost perfect (Kappa=0.98; birth weight). Neither anthropogenic factors nor birth characteristics [...] tumour risk. Maternal vitamin intake during pregnancy was indicative of a protective effect (OR 0.75, 95%-CI: 0.56-1.01). No association was seen for maternal smoking during pregnancy or working during pregnancy
Associations between lung function and estimated average exposure to NO2 in eight areas of Switzerland (Publications)
the same community was associated with a change in average FVC by -0.59% [95% confidence limits (CL) = 0.01, -1.19] and -0.74% (95% CL = -0.07, -1.41), respectively. These values, however, are smaller than
Socioeconomic status and childhood leukemia incidence in Switzerland (Publications)
the highest with the lowest SES category ranged from 0.95 (95% CI: 0.71-1.26; P trend?=?0.73) for paternal education to 1.37 (1.00-1.89; P trend?=?0.064) for maternal education. No effect modification was
Passive smoking exposure among adults and the dynamics of respiratory symptoms in a prospective multicenter cohort study (Publications)
outcomes considered, showing HR values from 1.09 to 1.21 for developing symptoms and HR values from 0.91 to 0.83 for getting rid of them. Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, including the workplace, was [...] with the length of episodes of any respiratory symptom and lower-respiratory-tract symptoms (HR 0.78-0.77). CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke has adverse effects
Associations of novel and traditional vascular biomarkers of arterial stiffness: results of the SAPALDIA 3 cohort study (Publications)
forward and backward wave were significant predictors of cIMT (p < 0.001). All parameters were significantly associated with LD (p < 0.001), with aPWV and the amplitude of the forward wave explaining the [...] proportion of variance (2%). Only CAVI and baPWV were significant predictors of DC (p < 0.001), explaining more than 0.3% of the DC variance. CONCLUSION: We demonstrated that novel non-invasive oscillometric
Microbiological risk infection assessment using QMRA in agriculture systems in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa (Publications)
is estimated at 0.01 per person per year (pppy) for Giardia lamblia and 0.2 pppy for Escherichia coli O157:H7. The annual risk from salad consumption is 0.01 pppy for G. lamblia and 0.9 pppy for E. coli
Development and evaluation of a multiplex quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for hookworm species in human stool (Publications)
multiplex qPCR showed very good agreement for the detection of both N. americanus (Kappa 0.943) and Ancylostoma spp. (Kappa 0.936) with a multiplex STH qPCR. A strong and moderate quantitative correlation between [...] was obtained for the hookworm qPCR for seeded DNA egg extracts (R(2) > /= 0.9004) and naturally egg-infected individuals (R(2) = 0.6848), respectively. The newly developed hookworm quantitative multiplex
Demand-side financing in the form of baby packages in Northern Mozambique: results from an observational study (Publications)
began). The non-intervention districts showed a slight increase, from a mean IBR of 0.39 (SD = 0.10) in 2006 to 0.67 (SD = 0.13) in 2014. The intervention district had a dramatic increase in IBRs within six
