Antitumoral and antileishmanial dioncoquinones and ancistroquinones from cell cultures of <em>Triphyophyllum peltatum</em> (Dioncophyllaceae) and... (Publications)
From the methanolic extracts of solid callus cultures from two species of the closely related palaeotropical plant families Dioncophyllaceae and Ancistrocladaceae seven new natural naphthoquinones wer
Spatial and temporal associations of road traffic noise and air pollution in London: implications for epidemiological studies (Publications)
Road traffic gives rise to noise and air pollution exposures, both of which are associated with adverse health effects especially for cardiovascular disease, but mechanisms may differ. Understanding t
Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: a qualitative study in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that good district management practices can improve health system performance and conversely, that poor and inefficient management practices have detrimental e
Effectiveness of Active-Online, an Individually Tailored Physical Activity Intervention, in a Real-Life Setting: Randomized Controlled Trial (Publications)
Background: Effective interventions are needed to reduce the chronic disease epidemic. The Internet has the potential to provide large populations with individual advice at relatively low cost. Object
Assessing willingness to pay for improved sanitation in rural Vietnam (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The willingness to pay (WTP) for the construction of bathrooms with a flush toilet was assessed in households in a rural community in northern Vietnam. We also examined the effects of socio
Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopian wildlife (Publications)
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is endemic in Ethiopian cattle. However, the status of the disease in wildlife populations that often share habitat with livestock is unknown. We screened for BTB in wildlife
Testing for <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em>: time trends in positivity rates in the canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland (Publications)
SUMMARY National health statistics report a 2·5-fold increase in laboratory-confirmed Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) cases over the last decade in Switzerland where no CT screening programme exists. We ob