Air pollution: from lung to heart (Publications)
Epidemiological, clinical, and experimental evidence correlates current levels of ambient air pollution with both respiratory and cardiovascular effects. Oxidative stress, inflammation, induction of a
A cross cultural study of vaginal practices and sexuality: implications for sexual health (Publications)
Between 2005 and 2006, we investigated vaginal practices in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Tete, Mozambique; KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; and Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand. We sought to understand women's pr
Pouched rats' detection of tuberculosis in human sputum: comparison to culturing and polymerase chain reaction (Publications)
Setting. Tanzania. Objective. To compare microscopy as conducted in direct observation of treatment, short course centers to pouched rats as detectors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Design. Ten pouche
The influence of zinc supplementation on morbidity due to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>: a randomized trial in preschool children in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
Zinc is crucial for normal immune function and can reduce morbidity from multiple infectious diseases. To determine the influence of zinc on malaria morbidity we conducted a randomized placebo-control