Transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: a nationwide cohort study from Switzerland (Publications)
In addition, total IR at night played a role: HRs for CVD were non-significant in the 1st, 2nd and 5th quintiles whereas they were 1.019 (1.002-1.037) and 1.021 (1.003-1.038) for the 3rd and 4th quintiles
Cleaning at home and at work in relation to lung function decline and airway obstruction (Publications)
confounders. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: As compared with women not engaged in cleaning (DeltaFEV1 = -18.5 ml/yr), FEV1 declined more rapidly in women responsible for cleaning at home (-22.1; P = 0.01) and
Is there a gender-specific association between asthma and carotid intima media thickness in Swiss adolescents? (Publications)
testing for interaction with gender and age. Of 257 offspring (mean age 15 years, 53% female), 11.5% reported doctor-diagnosed asthma (male 17%, female 7%). Mean CIMT was significantly different by gender
SESOTHO trial ("Switch Either near Suppression Or THOusand") - switch to second-line versus WHO-guided standard of care for unsuppressed patients on... (Publications)
90% power to detect a difference of 35% in viral resuppression between the groups (assuming two-sided 5% alpha error). For our primary analysis, we will use a modified intention-to-treat set, with those lost
The effect of human interaction on guinea pig behavior in animal-assisted therapy (Publications)
designed ethogram using continuous recording and focal animal sampling with The Observer (R) XT 12.5. The data were analyzed using generalized linear mixed models with SPSS (R), version 22.0. Results show
Autofluorescence microscopy for paired-matched morphological and molecular identification of individual chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae), the... (Publications)
Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) to the species level (complete characterization), and 153 chiggers from 5 genera (Leptotrombidium, Ascoschoengastia, Helenicula, Schoengastiella and Walchia) from Thailand, Cambodia
Feeding practices and risk factors for chronic infant undernutrition among refugees and migrants along the Thailand-Myanmar border: a mixed-methods... (Publications)
underweight (AOR: 2.26, 95% CI: 1.17, 4.36, p = 0.015) to have increased odds among migrants, while each 5 cm increase in maternal height had decreased odds of stunting (AOR: 0.50, 95% CI: 0.38, 0.66, p < 0
Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso (Publications)
levels were significantly higher in miners using cyanide (4.7 mmol/L, 95% confidenceinterval (CI) 3.8e5.6 mmol/L), compared to non-cyanide using miners (3.4 mmol/L, 95% CI 2.9e3.7 mmol/L) and other community
Malaria elimination transmission and costing in the Asia-Pacific: developing an investment case (Publications)
ons and reducing treatment coverage rates to 50% will result in an additional 845 million cases, 3.5 million deaths, and excess costs of USD 7 billion. Malaria elimination provides a 6:1 return on investment
Peak flow variability in the SAPALDIA study and its validity in screening for asthma-related conditions (Publications)
subgroups with different pretest probabilities for asthma-related conditions. The median PEF(var) was 4.5%. Among asthmatic subjects, women had nonsignificantly higher PEF(var) values than did men. In all other