Evaluation of a sampling strategy for estimation of long-term PM2.5 exposure for epidemiological studies (Publications)
As part of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) PM2.5 (particles collected with an upper 50% cut point of 2.5 microm aerodynamic diameter) was measured using an EPA-WINS (Environme
Clinical and laboratory predictors of imported malaria in an outpatient setting: an aid to medical decision making in returning travelers with fever (Publications)
No evidence-based information exists to guide clinicians for giving presumptive treatment to returning travelers when malaria is strongly suspected on clinical grounds but laboratory confirmation is n
Carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen concentrations from cookstove-related woodsmoke in San Marcos, Peru (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Nearly half of the world's population is exposed to household air pollution (HAP) due to long hours spent in close proximity to biomass-fueled fires. OBJECTIVE: We compare CO exposures and
Increase in diagnosed asthma but not in symptoms in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Information on the epidemiology of asthma in relation to age is limited and hampered by reporting error. To determine the change in the prevalence of asthma with age in young adults we ana
Safe drinking water and clean air: an experimental study evaluating the concept of combining household water treatment and indoor air improvement... (Publications)
Indoor air pollution and unsafe water remain two of the most important environmental risk factors for the global burden of infectious diseases. Improved stoves and household water treatment (HWT) meth
Smoking cessation, lung function, and weight gain: a follow-up study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Only one population-based study in one country has reported effects of smoking cessation and weight change on lung function, and none has reported the net effect. We estimated the net bene