Public hospital costs of treatment of abortion complications in Nigeria (Publications)
Unsafe abortion is a significant contributor to maternal mortality in Nigeria, and treatment of postabortion complications drains public healthcare resources. Provider estimates of medications, suppli
A major trichinellosis outbreak suggesting a high endemicity of trichinella infection in northern Laos (Publications)
Trichinellosis is an important and under-recognized food-borne zoonosis in Southeast Asia. After 30 years of no reports, a small outbreak was described in Central Lao PDR (Laos) in 2003. Here we repor
Prevalence and time course of acute mountain sickness in older children and adolescents after rapid ascent to 3450 meters (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Acute mountain sickness is a frequent and debilitating complication of high-altitude exposure, but there is little information on the prevalence and time course of acute mountain sickness i
Gene expression measurements in the context of epidemiological studies (Publications)
Background: Gene expression measurements became an attractive tool to assess biological responses in epidemiological studies. However, collection of blood samples poses various technical problems. We
Growth of mature beech in relation to ozone and nitrogen deposition: an epidemiological approach (Publications)
Stem increment of mature Fagus sylvatica L. from 57 plots in Switzerland was analysed with respect to environmental factors using multilinear regression. Nitrogen (N) deposition was positively correla
Phase change material for thermotherapy of Buruli ulcer: modelling as an aid to implementation (Publications)
A mathematical model was developed and validated to predict the thermal behaviour of a heat application device based on a phase change material (pcm) for the heat treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans i
Acute effects of ambient ozone on respiratory function of Swiss schoolchildren after a 10-minute heavy exercise (Publications)
This study was conducted in Switzerland between May and October 1989 to assess possible decrements in lung function occurring as a result of 10 minute exposure to ambient air containing different ozon