Health impact and related cost of ambient air pollution in Tehran (Publications)
annual economic benefit (2017) of reducing PM2.5 concentration levels to 2.4mug/m(3) was USD 0.591 (95% CI: 0.447-0.624) billion per year, using the value of a life year (VOLY) approach, and USD 2.894 (95%
Effect and cost of two successive home visits to increase HIV testing coverage: a prospective study in Lesotho, Southern Africa (Publications)
encountered in rural and urban households respectively (p < 0.001) and acceptance for testing was 88.5% in rural and 79.5% in urban areas (p < 0.001), resulting in a coverage of 61.8 and 61.5%, respectively [...] in urban areas. The number of first time testers was higher at the second visit (47% versus 35%, p < 0.001). Direct cost per person tested and per person tested HIV positive were lower during weekdays (10
Recalibration and validation of the Swiss lichen bioindication methods for air quality assessment (Publications)
unified Swiss models. The best regionalized ozone and ammonia lichen indices reached an R(2) of 0.88 and 0.71, respectively. [...] the Lasso method. The primary pollutant lichen index showed a coefficient of determination R(2) of 0.86 in the model with NO2, PM10, and SO2 as predictor variables, whereas corresponding models with other
Nonregistration, discontinuation, and nonpublication of randomized trials: a repeated metaresearch analysis (Publications)
associated with nonpublication (odds ratio, 0.71 for each 10% increment in the proportion of SPIRIT items met; 95% confidence interval, 0.55 to 0.92; p = 0.009). Study limitations include that the moderate
Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment (Publications)
for PM2.5 exposure and 79 435 (0-215 165) deaths per year for NO2 exposure. A great variability in the preventable mortality burden was observed by city, ranging from 0 to 202 deaths per 100 000 population [...] guidelines could prevent 51 213 (95% CI 34 036-68 682) deaths per year for PM2.5 exposure and 900 (0-2476) deaths per year for NO2 exposure. The reduction of air pollution to the lowest measured concentrations [...] population for PM2.5 and from 0 to 73 deaths for NO2 per 100 000...
Efficacy and safety of albendazole plus ivermectin, albendazole plus mebendazole, albendazole plus oxantel pamoate, and mebendazole alone against... (Publications)
6-77.4]; egg reduction 99.2%, 98.7-99.6) and albendazole plus ivermectin (30 of 109 cured [27.5%, 19.0-36.0]; egg reduction 94.5%, 91.7-96.3) were significantly more effective against T trichiura than mebendazole [...] plus mebendazole had similar low efficacy (nine of 107 cured [8.4%, 3.1-13.8; egg reduction 51.6%, 35.0-65.3) to mebendazole alone. About a fifth of the children reported adverse events, which were mainly [...] headache were the most common adverse events after treatment;...
Short-term vs conventional glucocorticoid therapy in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the REDUCE randomized clinical... (Publications)
short-term vs conventional treatment group were 0.95 (90% CI, 0.70 to 1.29; P = .006 for noninferiority) in the intention-to-treat analysis and 0.93 (90% CI, 0.68 to 1.26; P = .005 for noninferiority) in the
Feasibility and acceptability of the Problem Management for Moms programme for improving maternal mental health in Zambia: an open-label trial (Publications)
scores by 2·11 points (95% CI -3·50 to -0·63) at the final follow-up, and the adjusted odds ratio of having an SRQ-20 of more than 7 was 0·50 (95% CI 0·27 to 0·93). No serious adverse events were reported
Nonregistration, discontinuation, and nonpublication of randomized trials: a repeated metaresearch analysis (Publications)
associated with nonpublication (odds ratio, 0.71 for each 10% increment in the proportion of SPIRIT items met; 95% confidence interval, 0.55 to 0.92; p = 0.009). Study limitations include that the moderate
Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment (Publications)
for PM2.5 exposure and 79 435 (0-215 165) deaths per year for NO2 exposure. A great variability in the preventable mortality burden was observed by city, ranging from 0 to 202 deaths per 100 000 population [...] guidelines could prevent 51 213 (95% CI 34 036-68 682) deaths per year for PM2.5 exposure and 900 (0-2476) deaths per year for NO2 exposure. The reduction of air pollution to the lowest measured concentrations [...] population for PM2.5 and from 0 to 73 deaths for NO2 per 100 000...
