Ambient ultrafine particle levels at residential and reference sites in urban and rural Switzerland (Publications)
Although there is evidence that ultrafine particles (UFP) do affect human health there are currently no legal ambient standards. The main reasons are the absence of spatially resolved exposure data to
Long-term air pollution exposure and diabetes in a population-based Swiss cohort (Publications)
Air pollution is an important risk factor for global burden of disease. There has been recent interest in its possible role in the etiology of diabetes mellitus. Experimental evidence is suggestive, b
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and metabolic syndrome in adults (Publications)
Air pollutants (AP) play a role in subclinical inflammation, and are associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is inflammatory and precedes cardiovascular morbi
Modifying effect of a common polymorphism in the interleukin-6 promoter on the relationship between long-term exposure to traffic-related particulate... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to particulate matter (PM) has been associated with an increase in many inflammatory markers, including interleukin 6 (IL6). Air pollution exposure has also been suggested to indu
Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function (Publications)
Reduced glomerular filtration rate defines chronic kidney disease and is associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for est
