Ambient air pollution- a cause for COPD? (Publications)
The role of ambient air pollution in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered to be uncertain. We review the evidence in the light of recent studies.Eight morbidit
10-Jahres-Entwicklung von Kindern mit Geburtsgewicht unter 1501g (Publications)
170 Children born between 1971 and 73 and hospitalised at the neonatal intensive care unit of the Hospital for Children of the University of Basel because of very low birth weight and/or IRDS are re-e
Determining soil-transmitted helminth infection status and physical fitness of school-aged children (Publications)
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are common. Indeed, more than 1 billion people are affected, mainly in the developing world where poverty prevails and hygiene behavior, water supply, and sa
Multiparasitism, production and economics in domestic animals in sub-Saharan West Africa (Publications)
Over the past ten years, an informal West African animal helminthosis network has developed (), with the aims of both improving livestock productivity through parasite control and, ultimately, increas