Long-term exposure to air pollution and chronic kidney disease-associated mortality - results from the pooled cohort of the European multicentre... (Publications)
Despite the known link between air pollution and cause-specific mortality, its relation to chronic kidney disease (CKD)-associated mortality is understudied. Therefore, we investigated the association
Association between short-term pollen exposure and blood pressure in adults: a repeated-measures study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have related high pollen concentrations to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, yet very little research concerns pre-clinical cardiovascular health, including
Reagent-free detection of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria infections in field-collected mosquitoes using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine... (Publications)
Field-derived metrics are critical for effective control of malaria, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where the disease kills over half a million people yearly. One key metric is entomological inocu
Situational analysis of hypertension management at primary health care level in São Paulo, Brazil: population, healthcare professional and health... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Government-led, population-wide initiatives are crucial for advancing the management of hypertension - a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. An urban pop
Differences in autophagy marker levels at birth in preterm vs. term infants (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preterm infants are susceptible to oxidative stress and prone to respiratory diseases. Autophagy is an important defense mechanism against oxidative-stress-induced cell damage and involved
Hourly land-use regression modeling for NO(2) and PM(2.5) in the Netherlands (Publications)
Annual average land-use regression (LUR) models have been widely used to assess spatial patterns of air pollution exposures. However, they fail to capture diurnal variability in air pollution and cons
Reducing health inequities in the prevention of cervical cancer: The cervical cancer prevention and care cascade for women living with HIV (Publications)
Cervical cancer is the leading cause ofcancer related deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Women living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are six times more likely to develop cervical c
Human and financial resource needs for universal access to WHO-PEN interventions for diabetes and hypertension care in Eswatini: results from a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Eswatini faces persistent challenges in providing care for diabetes and hypertension, exacerbated by a shortage of healthcare workers. The implementation of WHO-PEN interventions aimed to
Residential exposure to air pollution and incidence of leukaemia in the industrial area of Viadana, Northern Italy (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to air pollution has been proposed as one of the potential risk factors for leukaemia. Work-related formaldehyde exposure is suspected to cause leukaemia. METHODS: We conducted a
