Analysis of personal and bedroom exposure to ELF-MFs in children in Italy and Switzerland (Publications)
to compare personal with bedroom measurements. In Switzerland and Italy, 172 children aged between 5 and 13 years were equipped with ELF-MF measurement devices (EMDEX II, measuring 40-800?Hz) during 24-72
Does the integrated management of childhood illness cost more than routine care? Results from the United Republic of Tanzania (Publications)
(USD 16.09). Much of the difference was due to higher rates of hospitalization of children less than 5 years old in the districts without IMCI. Not all of this difference can be attributed to IMCI but even
Allergic diseases and atopic sensitization in children related to farming and anthroposophic lifestyle - the PARSIFAL study (Publications)
allergic disease. Methods: The study was of cross-sectional design and included 14 893 children, aged 5-13 years, from farm families, anthroposophic families (recruited from Steiner schools) and reference
Water pipe smoking and its association with cigarette and cannabis use in young adults in Switzerland (Publications)
during the last 52 weeks. Results: Out of 353 volunteers, a total of 204 subjects (mean age 21 ± 3.5 years, 113 males) met the inclusion criteria for the study. A total of 78% (n = 160), 30.0% (n = 55)
Short-term effects of ambient particles on mortality in the elderly: results from 28 cities in the APHEA2 project (Publications)
elderly daily number of deaths was 0.8%, (0.7-0.9%) and the corresponding number for BS was 0.6%, (0.5-0.8%). The effect size was modified by the long-term average levels of nitrogen dioxide (higher levels
Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania (Publications)
programme. The modest average coverage achieved by 1999 in the two districts (18% in children younger than 5 years) suggests that insecticide-treated nets prevented 1 in 20 child deaths at that time. INTERPRETATION:
Low efficacy of amodiaquine or chloroquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine against <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>P. vivax malaria</em> in... (Publications)
ted treatment failure rates up to day 28 ranged between 10.3% and 28.8% for AQ plus SP and between 5.6% and 28.6% for CQ plus SP, depending on the region and the year of assessment. Overall treatment failure
Low-grade inflammation and estimates of insulin resistance during the menstrual cycle in lean and overweight women (Publications)
determined by the homeostasis model assessment index (42%) than when estimated by SHBG concentrations (5%, P < 0.05). During the menstrual cycle, using repeated measurements, hs-CRP correlated inversely to
Use of disability adjusted life years in the estimation of the disease burden of echinococcosis for a high endemic region of the Tibetan plateau (Publications)
Shiqu County were 4.6% for AE and 4.9% for CE with an estimated overall adjusted prevalence rate of 9.5%. The burden of disease associated with echinococcosis was calculated using disability adjusted life
The impact of obesity on mortality in UA/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (Publications)
revascularization. Patients were divided into four groups according to body mass index (BMI): normal, 18.5-24.9 (n = 551); overweight, 25-29.9 (n = 824); obese, 30-34.9 (n = 244); and very obese, above 35 (n
