Delimiting affinity zones as a basis for air pollution mapping in Europe (Publications)
Affinity zones are defined as areas within which air quality displays consistent behaviour over space and time. Constructed using multivariate statistical techniques and physiographic and landscape va
Eating disorders and disordered eating in different cultures (Publications)
Clinical experience and research have moved the field toward greater recognition and differentiation of eating disorders as independent categories of mental disorder. Shorter's historical analysis, ho
Evaluation of ethnobotanically selected Benin medicinal plants for their in vitro antiplasmodial activity (Publications)
Twenty extracts from nine Benin medicinal plants, traditionally used to treat malaria, were screened for in vitro antiplasmodial activity towards Plasmodium falciparum K1 chloroquine resistant and 3D7
Putting people first: a primary health care success in rural India (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Report, 2008, contains a global review of primary health care on the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata. The period covered by the study reported on here corr
The PASTURE project: EU support for the improvement of knowledge about risk factors and preventive factors for atopy in Europe (Publications)
Since January 2002, the European Commission is funding a large project, Protection against Allergy - Study in Rural Environments (PASTURE; contract no. QLK4-2001-00250), under the Fifth Framework Prog
A <em>var</em> gene promoter controls allelic exclusion of virulence genes in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria (Publications)
Mono-allelic expression of gene families is used by many organisms to mediate phenotypic variation of surface proteins. In the apicomplexan parasite Plasmodium falciparum, responsible for the severe f