Use of insecticide quantification kits to investigate the quality of spraying and decay rate of bendiocarb on different wall surfaces in Kagera... (Publications)
Muleba (96.3%) (p < 0.001). Assessment of quality of spraying at house level revealed that Muleba (84.8%) had a significantly higher proportion of households that met the expected target dosage (100-400 mg/m2)
Praziquantel coverage in schools and communities targeted for the elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional survey (Publications)
which was less than the 59.0 % and 67.7 %, respectively, indicated by MoH reports. Moreover, only 43.8 % and 54.0 % of adults in Pemba and Unguja, respectively, had taken all the tablets as recommended.
Safety and immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D malaria vaccine in infants (Publications)
340 infants to receive three doses of either the RTS,S/AS02D vaccine or the hepatitis B vaccine at 8, 12, and 16 weeks of age. All infants also received a vaccine containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids
PM2.5 and NO2 assessment in 21 European study centres of ECRHS II: annual means and seasonal differences (Publications)
Italy. Annual mean concentrations ranged from 3.7 to 44.9 mgm_3, winter mean concentrations from 4.8 to 69.2 mgm_3, and summer mean concentrations from 3.3 to 23.1 mgm_3. Seasonal variability occurred
Confounding and effect modification in the short-term effects of ambient particles on total mortality: results from 29 European cities within the... (Publications)
increase in daily PM10 or black smoke concentrations was 0.6% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.4-0.8%], whereas for the elderly it was slightly higher. We found important effect modification for several
Impact of a single exercise bout on energy expenditure and spontaneous physical activity of obese boys (Publications)
exercise (534.2 versus 564.3 kJ/h, p < 0.05). It increased after the medium-intensity exercise (561.8 versus 526.7 kJ/h, p = 0.052) and was not affected after the placebo visit (589.4 versus 574.3 kJ/h)
Development and evaluation of a personal particulate organic and mass sampler (Publications)
organic carbon (OC) measurements from single quartz filters, the apparent indoor OC averaged 7.7 +/- 0.8 microg of C m(-3), which was close to the indoor PM2.5 mass from collocated Teflon filters (7.3 +/-
Physical activity intensity and surrogate markers for cardiovascular health in adolescents (Publications)
6 vs. 38.1 +/- 11.7 ms, P = 0.006) and a lower systolic blood pressure (107.3 +/- 9.9 vs. 112.9 +/- 8.1 mmHg, P = 0.046). In model 2, the high VPA group had higher maximum power output values (3.9 +/- 0
Opposite effect of negative and positive affect on stress procoagulant reactivity (Publications)
anxiety, worrying, vigor, and social support were assessed in 27 apparently healthy men (mean age 47 +/- 8 years) who underwent the 13-min Trier Social Stress Test combining preparation, speech, and mental
Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects... (Publications)
FINDINGS: The 312 944 cohort members contributed 4 013 131 person-years at risk. During follow-up (mean 12.8 years), 2095 incident lung cancer cases were diagnosed. The meta-analyses showed a statistically significant
