Effects of contact with a dog on prefrontal brain activity: a controlled trial (Publications)
03-3.53, p < .001). Oxygenated hemoglobin concentration was 0.80 mumol/l higher in the dog condition compared to in the control condition (CI = 0.27-1.33, p = .004). Deoxygenated-hemoglobin concentration
Estimating baseline rates of adverse perinatal and neonatal outcomes using a facility-based surveillance approach: a prospective observational study... (Publications)
Neonatal infection and neonatal death rates varied between 1·8-73 and 0-59·9/1000 livebirths respectively while stillbirth rates ranged between 0-57·1/1000 total births across study sites. Results from the sensitivity
Long-term effect of asthma on the development of obesity among adults: an international cohort study, ECRHS (Publications)
among non-atopic than atopic (1.47; 1.17 to 1.86 vs 1.04; 0.86 to 1.27), those with longer disease duration (1.32; 1.10 to 1.59 in > 20 years vs 1.12; 0.87 to 1.43 in
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and bladder cancer incidence in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project (Publications)
incidence. Hazard Ratios (HR) were 1.09 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.93-1.27) per 5 microg/m(3) for 2010 exposure and 1.06 (95% CI: 0.99-1.14) for baseline exposure. Effect estimates for NO2, BC and O3
Spatio-temporal analysis of leprosy risks in a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso-Brazilian Amazon: results from the leprosy post-exposure... (Publications)
population 27 427, P-value < 0.001) in an area characterized by different indicators associated with poverty as identified through spatial regression (Coefficient 3.34, P-value = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The disease
Effects of a partially supervised conditioning program in cystic fibrosis: an international multicenter, randomized controlled trial (ACTIVATE-CF) (Publications)
control group compared with the intervention group (2.70% predicted [95% confidence interval, 0.13-5.26]; P = 0.04). The intervention group reported increased vigorous PA compared with the control group at
Travel patterns, risk behaviour and health problems of travellers with rheumatic diseases compared to controls: a multi-centre, observational study (Publications)
participants experienced health problems during travel (74% rheumatic patients vs. 62% controls, P=0.11). Pre-travel, patients reported a higher susceptibility to gastrointestinal infections. During travel [...] percentage of rheumatic patients cancelled the day programme due to health problems (13% vs. 4%, P=0.024). The main problems in rheumatic patients occurred due to the underlying rheumatic diseases, or
Effects of experimental lead pollution on the microbial communities associated with Sphagnum fallax (Bryophyta) (Publications)
Mosses were grown in the laboratory with 0 (control), 625, and 2,500 microg L(-1) of Pb(2+) diluted in a standard nutrient solution and were sampled after 0, 6, 12, and 20 weeks. The biomasses of bacteria
Relation of trihalomethane concentrations in public water supplies to stillbirth and birth weight in three water regions in England (Publications)
confidence interval (CI), 1.00-1.23), low birth weight (OR = 1.09; 95% CI, 0.93-1.27), and very low birth weight (OR = 1.05; 95% CI, 0.82-1.34). Among the individual THMs, chloroform showed a similar pattern
Prevalence, intensity and associated morbidity of <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> infection in the Dongting Lake region, China (Publications)
the rate of egg-positive stools was estimated at 1.9% (0-10.9%) for the same population. The prevalence of infection among buffaloes was 9.5% (0-66.7%). Extrapolating to the entire population of the Dongting
