High blood pressure and long-term exposure to indoor noise and air pollution from road traffic (Publications)
and 0.23, respectively. The indoor noise model provided more consistent findings both for Lnight [per 5 dB(A)]: OR (hypertension) = 1.06, 95% CI: 0.99, 1.13; beta (SBP) = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.29, 1.15); and NO2
Effect of school based physical activity programme (KISS) on fitness and adiposity in primary schoolchildren: cluster randomised controlled trial (Publications)
completed the baseline and follow-up assessments (mean age 6.9 (SD 0.3) years for first grade, 11.1 (0.5) years for fifth grade). After adjustment for grade, sex, baseline values, and clustering within classes
Survived infancy but still vulnerable: spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for child mortality in the Agincourt rural sub-district, South Africa,... (Publications)
were mother's death (especially when due to HIV and tuberculosis), greater number of children under 5 years living in the same household and winter season. This study demonstrates the use of Bayesian g
Efficacy of praziquantel against <em>Schistosoma mekongi </em>and <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em>: a randomized, single-blinded dose-comparison trial (Publications)
8% and 98.9%, respectively. S. mekongi cure rates were 75.0% (95% confidence interval (CI): 56.6-88.5%) and 80.8% (95% CI: 60.6-93.4%) for 40 mg/kg and 75 mg/kg PZQ, respectively (P = 0.60). O. viverrini
Novel genes and insights in complete asthma remission: a genome-wide association study on clinical and complete asthma remission (Publications)
RESULTS: Of the 790 asthmatics, 178 (23%) had ClinR and 55 ComR (7%) after median follow-up of 15.5 [range 3.3-47.8] years. In ClinR, 1 of the 25 SNPs, rs2740102, replicated in a meta-analysis of the
Associations between modeled residential outdoor and measured personal exposure to ultrafine particles in four European study areas (Publications)
outdoor versus personal exposure were smaller for UFP (0.16 ± 0.04) than for simultaneously measured PM2.5 and soot (0.32 ± 0.10 and 0.43 ± 0.06). Our findings provide some support for the use of LUR models
Prescription of concomitant medications in patients treated with nifurtimox eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) for <em>T.b. gambiense</em> second... (Publications)
neurological conditions such as convulsions, loss of consciousness, and coma was used in approximately 5% of patients. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The prescription of concomitant treatments was coherent with
Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 2010-2018 (Publications)
assessed levels and trends of inequalities in exposure to risks of stunting or extreme poverty (under age 5; levels in 85 and trends in 40 countries), early attendance of early care and education programmes (36–59
<em>Blastocystis</em> in Swiss children: a practical approach (Publications)
36-1.61) were positive for Blastocystis. In 63% abdominal pain was the leading symptom, while in 17.5% it was an accidental finding without symptoms. There was a high significance in correlation of abdominal
Efficiency and stability evaluation of Cu2O/MWCNTs filters for virus removal from water (Publications)
non-bonded copper species dissolve from filters. Higher copper dissolution was observed for water at pH 5 than at pH 7, which decreased with time. Copper dissolution most likely caused an associated decrease