Environmental health indicators in policy evaluation (Publications)
In carrying out two projects involving environmental health indicators--a national environmental health programme evaluation and an international environmental health indicator system--in parallel, it
Analogues of thiolactomycin as potential anti-malarial and anti-trypanosomal agents (Publications)
A series of analogues of the naturally occurring antibiotic thiolactomycin (TLM) have been synthesised and evaluated for their ability to inhibit the growth of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falcipa
Human infections with <em>Dicrocoelium dendriticum</em> in Kyrgyzstan: the tip of the iceberg? (Publications)
Abstract Dicrocoelium dendriticum is the causative agent of a rare food-borne zoonosis of the human biliary tract, dicrocoeliasis, for which few human prevalence data are available. Infection occurs t
Dicationic phenyl-2,2'-bichalcophenes and analogues as antiprotozoal agents (Publications)
A series of phenyl-2,2'-bichalcophene diamidines 1a-h were synthesized from the corresponding dinitriles either via a direct reaction with LiN(TMS)(2), followed by deprotection with ethanolic HCl or t
Risks and benefits of optimised medical and revascularisation therapy in elderly patients with angina--on-treatment analysis of the TIME trial (Publications)
AIM: To assess treatment effects of optimised medical therapy and PCI or CABG surgery on one-year outcome in patients 75 years old with chronic angina. METHODS AND RESULTS: On-treatment analysis of th
Daily walking intensity as a predictor of quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Publications)
PURPOSE: This study aimed to assess independent predictors of quality of life (QOL) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in particular, to evaluate the relationship between QOL and
Incremental cost-effectiveness of drug-eluting stents compared with a third-generation bare-metal stent in a real-world setting: randomised Basel... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: No prospective trial-based data are available for incremental cost-effectiveness of drug-eluting stents (DES) compared with bare-metal stents (BMS) in unselected patients, as treated in ev
Accuracy of the Kato-Katz, adhesive tape and FLOTAC techniques for helminth diagnosis among children in Kyrgyzstan (Publications)
The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of three copro-microscopic techniques for helminth diagnosis: Kato-Katz, adhesive tape and FLOTAC. A total of 163 children from a peri-urban munici
Changes in active and passive smoking in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (Publications)
The aim of the present investigation was to study changes and determinants for changes in active and passive smoking. The present study included 9,053 adults from 14 countries that participated in the