Problematic mobile phone use of Swiss adolescents: is it linked with mental health or behaviour? (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the associations between problematic mobile phone use and mental health and behavioural problems in 412 Swiss adolescents owning a mobile phone while controlling for amount
Particulate matter air pollution components and risk for lung cancer (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Particulate matter (PM) air pollution is a human lung carcinogen; however, the components responsible have not been identified. We assessed the associations between PM components and lung
European regional differences in all-cause mortality and length of stay for patients with hip fracture (Publications)
The objective of this study was to compare healthcare performance for the surgical treatment of hip fractures across and within Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, and Sweden.
Ambient air pollution exposure estimation for the Global Burden of Disease 2013 (Publications)
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a major risk factor for global disease. Assessment of the impacts of air pollution on population health and evaluation of trends relative to other major risk facto
Monitoring multiple sclerosis by multimodel evoked potentials: numerically versus ordinally scaled scoring systems (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the ability of different evoked potential scores (EPS) to monitor and predict the disease course in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: Seventy-two patients with MS or clinically i
Assessing the impact of next-generation rapid diagnostic tests on <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria elimination strategies (Publications)
Mass-screen-and-treat and targeted mass-drug-administration strategies are being considered as a means to interrupt transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, the effectiveness of such st