The influence of meteorological factors and atmospheric pollutants on the risk of preterm birth (Publications)
individual data from 13 birth cohorts in 11 European countries (71,493 births from the period 1994-2011, European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)). City-specific meteorological data
Gender differences in adult-onset asthma: results from the Swiss SAPALDIA cohort study (Publications)
sensitisation.We assessed incidence of self-report of doctor-diagnosed asthma between 1991/1992 and 2010/2011 in 5128 subjects without asthma, aged 18-60 years at baseline. The age-related probability of asthma
malERA: an updated research agenda for combination interventions and modelling in malaria elimination and eradication (Publications)
This paper summarises key advances and priorities since the 2011 presentation of the Malaria Eradication Research Agenda (malERA), with a focus on the combinations of intervention tools and strategies
Hepatitis A in Switzerland: an analysis of 29 years of surveillance data and contemporary challenges (Publications)
data were descriptively analysed using five time intervals (1988-1993, 1994-1999, 2000-2005, 2006-2011, 2012-2016); and notification rates were calculated. RESULTS: From 1988 to 2016, the HA notification
Medical device management reform, United Republic of Tanzania (Publications)
how an integrated systems approach can enhance the operation of medical device management. Between 2011 and 2023, a plan to improve medical device management systems in the United Republic of Tanzania was
Medical device management reform, United Republic of Tanzania (Publications)
how an integrated systems approach can enhance the operation of medical device management. Between 2011 and 2023, a plan to improve medical device management systems in the United Republic of Tanzania was
Time patterns in internal human exposure data to bisphenols, phthalates, DINCH, organophosphate flame retardants, cadmium and polyaromatic... (Publications)
2000-2010, literature and aggregated data were collected in a harmonized way across studies. Between 2011-2012, biobanked samples from the DEMOCOPHES project were used. For 2014-2021, HBM data were generated
Tracking a tuberculosis outbreak over 21 years: strain-specific single nucleotide polymorphism-typing combined with targeted whole genome sequencing (Publications)
associated with the outbreak strain. Most were diagnosed in 1991-1995, but cases were observed until 2011. Two thirds belonged to the homeless and substance abuser milieu. Targeted WGS revealed 133 variable
Therapeutic effects of whole-body devices applying pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF): a systematic literature review (Publications)
without more scientific evidence from high-quality, double-blind trials. Bioelectromagnetics. (c) 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc
Indifferent to disease: a qualitative investigation of the reasons why some Papua New Guineans who own mosquito nets choose not to use them (Publications)
under a mosquito net the night prior to survey. All IDIs were completed between December 2010 and June 2011. Analysis was informed by a general inductive methodology. Multiple impediments to regular mosquito
