Real-life versus package insert: a post-marketing study on adverse-event rates of the virosomal hepatitis A vaccine Epaxal(R) in healthy travellers (Publications)
There are various methods to collect adverse events (AEs) in clinical trials. The methods how AEs are collected in vaccine trials is of special interest: solicited reporting can lead to over-reporting
A prediction model for assessing residential radon concentration in Switzerland (Publications)
Indoor radon is regularly measured in Switzerland. However, a nationwide model to predict residential radon levels has not been developed. The aim of this study was to develop a prediction model to as
The environmental accident at 'Schweizerhalle' and respiratory diseases in children: a time series analysis (Publications)
During an investigation concerned with the relationship between air pollution and respiratory diseases in children, the 'Schweizerhalle' accident occurred when unknown amounts of pollutants were disch
PM2.5 and NO2 assessment in 21 European study centres of ECRHS II: annual means and seasonal differences (Publications)
The follow-up of cohorts of adults from more than 20 European centres of the former ECRHS I (1989-1992) investigates long-term effects of exposure to ambient air pollution on respiratory health, in pa
Association of STR polymorphisms in CMA1 and IL-4 with asthma and atopy: the SAPALDIA cohort (Publications)
Asthma is a chronic pulmonary disorder that is characterized by airway inflammation and bronchial hyperreactivity. Several genetic loci have been associated with asthma, and some of these associations
A sigmoidoscopy-based case-control study of polyps: macronutrients, fiber and meat consumption (Publications)
We conducted a large, sigmoidoscopy-based case-control study to examine the relation of intake of macronutrients, meat, and fiber to occurrence of adenomas of the large bowel. Cases were subjects diag