The temporal pattern of mortality responses to ambient ozone in the APHEA project (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We investigated the temporal pattern of effects of summertime ozone (O(3)) in total, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in 21 European cities participating in the APHEA-2 project, wh
Investigating the dose-response relation between air pollution and total mortality in the APHEA-2 multicity project (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Several recent studies have reported significant health effects of air pollution even at low levels of air pollutants, but in most of these studies linear non-threshold relations were assu
Role of current and childhood exposure to cat and atopic sensitization (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Clinical and population studies have shown that exposure and sensitization to allergens derived from furred pets, particularly cats, represent an important risk factor of allergic respirat
Estimating the exposure-response relationships between particulate matter and mortality within the APHEA multicity project (Publications)
Several studies have reported significant health effects of air pollution even at low levels of air pollutants, but in most of theses studies linear nonthreshold relations were assumed. We investigate
Prenatal animal contact and gene expression of innate immunity receptors at birth are associated with atopic dermatitis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies have suggested that prenatal farm exposures might protect against allergic disease and increase the expression of receptors of the innate immune system. However, ep
Differential expression of var gene groups is associated with morbidity caused by <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>infection in Tanzanian children (Publications)
The var gene family of Plasmodium falciparum encodes the variant surface antigen Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1). PfEMP1 is considered an important pathogenicity factor i