Adaptation of the CUGH global health competency framework in the Chinese context: a mixed-methods study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2014, the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) developed a global health competency framework and called for its validation. Given China's increasing engagement in global
Time patterns in internal human exposure data to bisphenols, phthalates, DINCH, organophosphate flame retardants, cadmium and polyaromatic... (Publications)
Human biomonitoring (HBM) data in Europe are often fragmented and collected in different EU countries and sampling periods. Exposure levels for children and adult women in Europe were evaluated over t
Ratios from full blood count as markers for TB diagnosis, treatment, prognosis: a systematic review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The monocyte-to-lymphocyte (MLR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR) ratio are calculated from routine full blood counts. The aim of this study was to systematically review MLR and NLR as b
Methodological manual for air pollution health risk assessments in Switzerland: deliverable 5 of the project QHIAS (Quantification of health impact of... (Publications)
Commissioned by the Federal Office for the Environment, Contract number: 00.5082.PZ / D04E43474; Air pollution health risk assessments (HRAs) are estimations of the health impacts attributable to expo
Nutrition transition, double burden of malnutrition, and urbanization patterns in secondary cities of Bangladesh, Kenya and Rwanda (Publications)
BACKGROUND: By 2050, approximately 68% of the global population will live in cities, but nutrition data on urban populations of low- and middle-income countries are scarce. Fast growing secondary citi
Investigation of sources of fluorinated compounds in private water supplies in an oil and gas-producing region of Northern West Virginia (Publications)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a class of toxic organic compounds that have been widely used in consumer applications and industrial activities, including oil and gas production. We m
A new global air quality health index based on the WHO Air Quality Guideline values with application in Cape Town (Publications)
Objectives: This study developed an Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) based on global scientific evidence and applied it to data from Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: Effect estimates from two global s