Endogenous sex hormones and incident fracture risk in older men: the Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Data on the influence of gonadal hormones on incident fracture risk in elderly men are limited. We prospectively examined the relationship between serum levels of testosterone and estradio
Aminoalkyl derivatives of guanidine diaromatic minor groove binders with antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
Considering the strong DNA minor-groove binding observed for our previous series of di-aromatic symmetric and asymmetric guanidinium and 2-aminoimidazolinium derivatives, we report now the synthesis o
Comparing universal kriging and land-use regression for predicting concentrations of gaseous oxides of nitrogen (NOx) for the Multi-Ethnic Study of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies that assess the health effects of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution are used to inform public policy. These studies rely on exposure models that use data
Validation of a questionnaire to assess dietary habits among 5-13-year old school children of farmers and anthroposophic families (Publications)
Objective. To evaluate dietary habits among 5-13-year old school children of farmers, anthroposophic families and controls and to evaluate the validity of a food questionnaire as part of a lifestyle q
Dog ownership enhances symptomatic responses to air pollution in children with asthma (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Experimental data suggest that asthma exacerbation by ambient air pollutants is enhanced by exposure to endotoxin and allergens; however, there is little supporting epidemiologic evidence.
Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel uracil amino acid conjugates for the inhibition of <em>Trypanosoma cruzi </em>dUTPase (Publications)
Potential inhibitors of the Trypanosoma cruzi dUTP nucleotidohydrolase were docked into the enzyme using the program FlexX. Compounds that docked selectively were then selected and synthesized using s
