Cultural epidemiology of TB with reference to gender in Bangladesh, India and Malawi (Publications)
SETTING: TB control programmes in Bangladesh, India and Malawi. OBJECTIVE: To identify and compare socio-cultural features of tuberculosis (TB) and the distribution of TB-related experiences, meanings
Determinants of endotoxin levels in living environments of farmers' children and their peers from rural areas (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Lower frequencies of asthma and hayfever have been observed in children with contact to livestock. At school age, the amount of endotoxin measured in the dust of children's mattresses is i
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
Airborne particle exposure and extrinsic skin aging (Publications)
For decades, extrinsic skin aging has been known to result from chronic exposure to solar radiation and, more recently, to tobacco smoke. In this study, we have assessed the influence of air pollution
Spiro- and dispiro-1,2-dioxolanes: contribution of iron(II)-mediated one-electron vs two-electron reduction to the activity of antimalarial peroxides (Publications)
Fourteen spiro- and dispiro-1,2-dioxolanes were synthesized by peroxycarbenium ion annulations with alkenes in yields ranging from 30% to 94%. Peroxycarbenium ion precursors included triethylsilyldipe
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