Examining the representativeness of home outdoor PM2.5, EC, and OC estimates for daily personal exposures in southern California (Publications)
Recent studies have linked acute respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes to measurements or estimates of traffic-related air pollutants at homes or schools. However, few studies have evaluated these o
Ernährungserziehung im Kindergarten: Resultate einer Interventionsstudie (Publications)
The nutrition intervention in the case of the 3 target groups (children, kindergarten teachers and parents) with regard to knowledge, awareness of nutrition problems, efforts to make changes and the a
Spiro and dispiro-1,2,4-trioxolanes as antimalarial peroxides: charting a workable structure-activity relationship using simple prototypes (Publications)
This paper describes the discovery of synthetic 1,2,4-trioxolane antimalarials and how we established a workable structure-activity relationship in the context of physicochemical, biopharmaceutical, a
Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents (Publications)
CONTEXT: Sparse data exist on the combined associations between physical activity and sedentary time with cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy children. OBJECTIVE: To examine the independent and co
Field issues related to effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania (Publications)
Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) impregnated with pyrethroid insecticides have become one of the most promising interventions to prevent malaria in highly endemic areas. Despite the large body of exper
Praziquantel: mechanisms of action, resistance and new derivatives for schistosomiasis (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Praziquantel (PZQ) is the only drug being used to treat human schistosomiasis on a large scale. This review focuses on current knowledge about the mechanisms of action of PZQ, prosp
Assessment of intensity, prevalence and duration of everyday activities in Swiss school children: a cross-sectional analysis of accelerometer and... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Appropriately measuring habitual physical activity (PA) in children is a major challenge. Questionnaires and accelerometers are the most widely used instruments but both have wel