Differences in heart rate variability associated with long-term exposure to NO2 (Publications)
intervals (SDNN), -6% (95% CI, -11 to -1) for nighttime low frequency (LF), and -5% (95% CI, -9 to 0) for nighttime LF/high-frequency (HF) ratio. We saw no significant effect for 24-hr total power (TP)
Allergic disease and sensitization in Steiner school children (Publications)
reduced risks for rhinoconjunctivitis, atopic eczema, and atopic sensitization (allergen-specific IgE > /=0.35 kU/L), with some heterogeneity between the countries. Focusing on doctor-diagnosed disease, use of
Characterization of source-specific air pollution exposure for a large population-based Swiss cohort (SAPALDIA) (Publications)
respectively. Traffic-specific pollution estimates correlated with the NO(x) measurements (R(2) > or=0.77) for background sites but not for traffic sites. Regional background PM(10) accounted for most PM(10)
Dog ownership enhances symptomatic responses to air pollution in children with asthma (Publications)
examined. Odds ratios ranged from 1.30 per 4.2 microg/m3 for PM10-2.5 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.91-1.87) to 1.91 per 1.2 microg/m3 for organic carbon (95% CI, 1.34-2.71). Effects were somewhat larger
Farm exposure and time trends in early childhood may influence DNA methylation in genes related to asthma and allergy (Publications)
nonfarmers' children, while regions in RAD50 and IL13 were hypermethylated (lowest P-value (STAT6) = 0.001). Changes in methylation over time occurred in 15 gene regions (lowest P-value (IL13) = 1.57*10(-8)
Cost-effectiveness of B-type natriuretic peptide testing in patients with acute dyspnea (Publications)
higher mortality and lower cost in 19.3%, and in higher or lower mortality and higher cost in less than 0.1% each. Results were robust to changes in most variables but sensitive to changes in rehospitalization
Total serum IgE levels are associated with ambient ozone concentration in asthmatic adults (Publications)
total IgE levels and an increase of 10 microg/m(3) of O(3) resulted in an increase of 20.4% (95% CI = 3.0-40.7) in total IgE levels. Adjustment for age, gender, smoking habits and previous life in the countryside
Sequential analysis of helminth egg output in human stool samples following albendazole and praziquantel administration (Publications)
after albendazole administration (> 95%), whereas infection rates showed high and heterogeneous (45.0-71.2%) levels at later time points. Both praziquantel and albendazole were highly efficacious in reducing
Delimiting affinity zones as a basis for air pollution mapping in Europe (Publications)
zones (compared to kriging ignoring zones) produced a ca. 22% reduction in errors and increased R(2) by 0.25 at reserved validation monitoring sites. The affinity zone method developed here is a robust, statistical
Different strategies to overcome the effect of carbimazole on high- and low-dose radioiodine therapy: results from continuous dose-effect models (Publications)
goitre. The estimated radioiodine target dose amplification factor was 5.5 for Graves' disease and 3.0 for toxic nodular goitre. CONCLUSIONS: Simultaneous carbimazole reduces the euthyroidism rate, the aim
