Effect of an armed conflict on relative socioeconomic position of rural households: case study from western Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Current conceptual frameworks on the interrelationship between armed conflict and poverty are based primarily on aggregated macro-level data and/or qualitative evidence and usual
A polymorphism in CD14 modifies the effect of farm milk consumption on allergic diseases and CD14 gene expression (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Consumption of farm milk in early life is associated with less asthma and allergies. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that genetic variation in the innate immunity receptor CD14 might modify the
Low-grade inflammation and estimates of insulin resistance during the menstrual cycle in lean and overweight women (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory markers and insulin resistance are independent cardiovascular risk factors and are thought to be influenced by sex steroids. We investigated changes of inflammatory markers an
Single-center outcome analysis of 1,161 patients with St. Jude medical and ATS open pivot mechanical heart valves (Publications)
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: The clinical performance of mechanical heart valves and valve-related complications are important safety endpoints in patients after heart valve replacement. In this r
Comparison of the Flotac-400 dual technique and the formalin-ether concentration technique for the diagnosis of human intestinal protozoa infection (Publications)
There is a need for accurate diagnosis of intestinal parasite infections in humans, but currently available copromicroscopic techniques have shortcomings, such as low sensitivity. We compared the diag
Decline of ambient air pollution levels and improved respiratory health in Swiss children (Publications)
The causality of observed associations between air pollution and respiratory health in children is still subject to debate. If reduced air pollution exposure resulted in improved respiratory health of