Biomonitoring human exposure to household air pollution and association with self-reported health symptoms- a stove intervention study in Peru (Publications)
intervention group (GM with 95% CI: 13.4 [12.3, 14.6] mug/g creatinine) compared to control group (16.5 [15.0, 18.0] mug/g creatinine). Stove type and/or 2-naphthol was associated with a number of self-reported
Early life origins of lung ageing: early life exposures and lung function decline in adulthood in two European cohorts aged 28-73 years (Publications)
[-3.85;-1.38]). Less rapid FEV1-decline was found in subjects who had attended daycare (3.98ml [2.78;5.18]), and indicated in subjects with pets in childhood (0.97ml [-0.16;2.09]). High maternal age and
Exposure to motor vehicle traffic and allergic sensitization. The Swiss Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA) Team (Publications)
quartile as referent category, were 1.99 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.91-4.38, 2.47 (95% CI = 1.06-5.73), and 2.83 (95% CI = 1.26-6.31). These results suggest that living on busy roads is associated with
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling to identify pharmacokinetic parameters driving drug exposure changes in the elderly (Publications)
y simulated for all ten drugs. Pharmacokinetic parameters were predicted within 1.25-fold (70%), 1.5-fold (86%) and 2-fold (100%) of clinical data. AUC increased progressively by 0.9% per year throughout
Prevalence and adverse obstetric outcomes of female genital mutilation among women in rural northern Ghana (Publications)
those without. Similarly, they had a 4-fold increased risk of post-partum haemorrhage (4.69 [3.74, 5.88]) and more than 2-fold risk lacerations/episiotomy (2.57 [1.86, 3.21]) during delivery. Average duration
Prospective European-wide multicentre study on a blood based real-time PCR for the diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis (Publications)
schistosomiasis endemic regions and freshwater contacts, an episode of fever (body temperature > /=38.5 degrees C) and an absolute or relative eosinophil count of > /=700/mul or 10%, were eligible for pa
Hypertension control and retention in care among HIV-infected patients: the effects of co-located HIV and chronic noncommunicable disease care (Publications)
6.8 percentage points (P < 0.001) and retention in HIV care with no gaps > 6 months increased by 10.5 percentage points (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: A CDM program that co-locates NCD and HIV care shows potential
Prevalence of atopy and pollinosis in the adult population of Switzerland (SAPALDIA study) (Publications)
1% positive SPTs. The prevalence of atopic rhinitis (rhinitis symptoms associated with atopy) was 13.5% (males 14.3%, females 12.6%; p < 0.05) and the prevalence of current hay fever varied between 9.1%
Efficacy and safety of praziquantel against light infections of <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em>: a randomised parallel single blind dose-ranging trial (Publications)
observed dose range. We observed cure rates ranging from 92.7-93.3% and egg reduction rates above 99.5% for all praziquantel-treatment groups. Adverse events were mild but higher in the standard treatment
Evaluation of knowledge-attitudes-practices of the populations in the health districts of Benoye, Laoukassy, Moundou and south N'Djamena towards... (Publications)
action undertaken (20.43%). Households consulted the Health Service (78.50%), the Animal Health Service (5.35%) and the traditional healers (27%). CONCLUSION: A communication campaing for implementing first