Air pollution and incidence of cancers of the stomach and the upper aerodigestive tract in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects... (Publications)
occurred. The hazard ratio for an increase of 5 microg/m(3) of PM2.5 was 1.38 (95%-CI 0.99;1.92) for gastric and 1.05 (95%-CI 0.62;1.77) for UADT cancers. No associations were found for any of the other exposures [...] gastric cancer associated with PM2.5 was found in men (HR 1.98 (1.30;3.01)) as compared to women (HR 0.85 (0.5;1.45)). This large multicentre cohort study shows an association between long-term exposure to
Sodium reduction legislation and urinary sodium and blood pressure in South Africa (Publications)
(SD) estimated 24HrNa excretion at baseline was 3.08 g (0.78). There was an overall reduction in mean 24HrNa excretion of 0.22 g (95% CI, -0.27 to -0.17; P
A combined school survey and reactive case detection reveals minimal local transmission of malaria in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea (Publications)
household member); all were aged ten years or older. Malaria prevalence was 0.09% [95% CI 0.03, 0.3] among schoolchildren and 1.7% [95% CI 0.3, 9.1] among household members. Eleven positive individuals (84%) reported
Impacts of land-use and land-cover changes on temperature-related mortality (Publications)
mortality range from -1.1 to +0.6 percentage points by 2050-2059 across all locations and from -1.4 to +0.5 percentage points by 2090-2099. Under inequality, these vary from -0.7 to +0.9 percentage points by
Residential exposure to air pollution and incidence of leukaemia in the industrial area of Viadana, northern Italy (Publications)
(OR 1.46, 95%CI 0.65-3.25 per IQR-difference of 1.2 μg/m(3)). Estimated associations for formaldehyde were higher for acute (OR 2.07, 95%CI 0.70-6.12) and myeloid subtypes (OR 1.79, 95%CI 0.64-5.01), and [...] and in the 4-km buffer around the industrial facilities (OR 2.78, 95%CI 0.48-16.13), although they remained uncertain. CONCLUSIONS: This was the first study investigating the link between ambient formaldehyde
Residential exposure to air pollution and incidence of leukaemia in the industrial area of Viadana, Northern Italy (Publications)
(OR 1.46, 95%CI 0.65-3.25 per IQR-difference of 1.2 μg/m(3)). Estimated associations for formaldehyde were higher for acute (OR 2.07, 95%CI 0.70-6.12) and myeloid subtypes (OR 1.79, 95%CI 0.64-5.01), and [...] and in the 4-km buffer around the industrial facilities (OR 2.78, 95%CI 0.48-16.13), although they remained uncertain. CONCLUSIONS: This was the first study investigating the link between ambient formaldehyde
Long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of gastric and the upper aerodigestive tract cancers in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project (Publications)
, 1.19 (1.08-1.30) per 10 μg/m(3) increase in NO(2) , 1.14 (1.04-1.26) per 0.5 × 10(-5) m(-1) increase in BC and 0.81 (0.72-0.92) per 10 μg/m(3) increase in O(3w) . We found no association between long-term
Evaluation and forecasting analysis of the association of conditional cash transfer with child mortality in Latin America, 2000-2030 (Publications)
coverage of the target (lowest-income) population categorized into 4 levels: low (0%-29.9%), intermediate (30.0%-69.9%), high (70.0%-99.9%), and consolidated (≥100%). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The main outcomes [...] HIV/AIDS), and the mortality rates for those younger than 5 years by age groups, namely, neonatal (0-28 days), postneonatal (28 days to 1 year), infant (
Ensemble averaging using remote sensing data to model spatiotemporal PM10 concentrations in sparsely monitored South Africa (Publications)
out-of-bag R(2) of 0.96 was achieved for the first stage model. The stage 2 cross-validated (CV) ensemble model captured 0.84 variability in ground-monitored PM10 with a spatial CV R(2) of 0.48 and temporal [...] temporal CV R(2) of 0.80. The stage 2 model indicated an optimal performance of the daily predictions when aggregated to monthly and annual means. Our results suggest that a combination of remote sensing data
Prevalence and force of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> blood-stage infection and associated clinical malaria burden in the Brazilian Amazon (Publications)
remained free of P. vivax and P. falciparum infection. Expected heterozygosity for P. vivax was 0.69 for MSP1_F3 and 0.86 for MS2. Multiplicity of infection in P. vivax was close to the value of 1. The season [...] possession of a bed net [incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.6 (1.2-2.2)] or previous malaria episodes [IRR 3.0 (2.0-4.5)] were found to have significantly higher P. vivax molFOB. MAIN CONCLUSIONS: Overall, P. vivax
