Zahngesundheit in der Schweiz: Ergebnisse der Schweizerischen Gesundheitsbefragung 2002 (Publications)
dentition was reported by 40%, a functional set of teeth by 79%, and 5% were edentulous, while partial and/or full dentures was reported by 19% (5% with total prosthesis in both jaws). Most people care for their
Trachoma among children in community surveys from four African countries and implications of using school surveys for evaluating prevalence (Publications)
districts was 19.1% (95% CI 17.9-20.2%) in Ethiopia, 6.2% (95% CI 5.4-6.9%) in Niger, 4.6% (95% CI 4.2-4.9%) in Mali and 4.2% (95% CI 3.5-4.9%) in Nigeria. Controlling for age, sex and clustering, the OR
Adult lung function and long-term air pollution exposure. ESCAPE: a multicentre cohort study and meta-analysis (Publications)
not other PM metrics (PM2.5, coarse fraction of PM, PM absorbance), was associated with a lower level of FEV1 (-44.6 mL, 95% CI -85.4- -3.8) and FVC (-59.0 mL, 95% CI -112.3- -5.6). The associations were
Five-year impact of repeated praziquantel treatment on subclinical morbidity due to<em> Schistosoma japonicum</em> in China (Publications)
We report the 5-year impact (1996-2001) of repeated praziquantel chemotherapy on subclinical morbidity related to Schistosoma japonicum infection. We repeated stool examinations and hepatosplenic ultr [...] schistosome infection fell by 43% and intensity (geometric mean eggs per gram) declined by 80% over the 5 years. However, transmission persisted at a dangerously high rate of 13% per year for re-infection or
Pharmacokinetics of the antischistosomal lead ozonide OZ418 in uninfected mice determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (Publications)
validated following USFDA guidelines. This method proved to be selective, accurate (93-103%), precise (5-16%), devoid of significant matrix effects (90-102%) and provided an excellent recovery (101-102%). [...] pooled non-compartmental PK analysis estimated a mean area under the curve (AUC) of 9303 (7039.2-11908.5) mug h/mL and a half-life of 38.7 (20-64.6) h. Thus the OZ418 level in plasma remained well above its
Effects of smoking bans on passive smoking exposure at work and at home. The European Community Respiratory Health Survey (Publications)
responses, subjects and centres. Passive smoking at work was reported by 31.9% in 1990-95, 17.5% in 1998-2003 and 2.5% in 2010-14. Concurrently passive smoking at home decreased from 28.9% to 18.2% and 8.8%
Validation of self-reported figural drawing scales against anthropometric measurements in adults (Publications)
scales for identifying overweight or obese individuals with a correct detection rate were 4 and 5 in women, and 5 and 6 in men, respectively. The prediction model explained 74 % of the variance among women
Qualitative analysis of cultural formulation interview: findings and implications for revising the outline for cultural formulation (Publications)
Interview (CFI) for DSM-5 provided a tool enabling wider use of cultural formulation in clinical cultural assessment. Validation to justify the inclusion of the CFI in DSM-5 involved quantitative analysis
Exposure to farming in early life and development of asthma and allergy: a cross-sectional survey (Publications)
participate (n=901). FINDINGS: Exposure of children younger than 1 year, compared with those aged 1-5 years, to stables and consumption of farm milk was associated with lower frequencies of asthma (1% 3/218 [...] independent from effect on atopic sensitisation. Continual long-term exposure to stables until age 5 years was associated with the lowest frequencies of asthma (0.8% 1/122), hay fever (0.8% 1), and atopic
A call to strengthen the global strategy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: the time is now (Publications)
for morbidity control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, which affect more than 1.5 billion of the world's poorest people. Since then, more than a decade of research and experience has [...] population of sub-Saharan Africa will probably lose 2.3 million disability-adjusted life-years and US$3.5 billion of economic productivity every year, which is comparable to recent acute epidemics, including