Local determinants of road traffic noise levels versus determinants of air pollution levels in a Mediterranean city (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Both traffic-related noise and air pollution have been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Spatial correlations between these environmental stressors may entail mutual confoundin
The practical importance of permanent and semipermanent habitats for controlling aquatic stages of <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> <em>sensu lato</em>... (Publications)
Summary Control of aquatic-stage Anopheles is one of the oldest and most historically successful interventions to prevent malaria, but it has seen little application in Africa. Consequently, the ecolo
Dialkylaminoalkyl derivatives of bicyclic compounds with antiplasmodial activity (Publications)
Dialkylaminoalkyl derivatives of 2-azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes and of bicyclo[2.2.2]octanes were prepared and their activities determined in vitro against the multiresistant K(1) strain of Plasmodium fal
Predictors of state-of-the-art management of early breast cancer in Switzerland (Publications)
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate predictors of state-of-the-art management of early breast cancer in Switzerland. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 3499 women aged 25-79 yea
Differences in heart rate variability associated with long-term exposure to NO2 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of cardiac autonomic tone, has been associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Short-term studies have shown that subjects exposed to h
