Occupational exposures and 20-year incidence of COPD: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Occupational exposures have been associated with an increased risk of COPD. However, few studies have related objectively assessed occupational exposures to prospectively assessed incidenc
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) utilization by Syrian refugees residing in Ankara, Turkey (Publications)
Introduction Many Syrians have left their country and migrated to other countries since March 2011, due to the civil war. As of March 2016, a total of 2,747,946 Syrian refugees had immigrated to Turke
Effects of intensive use of computers in secondary school on gender differences in attitudes towards ICT: a systematic review (Publications)
There is a wealth of interventions focusing on the intensive use of computers in secondary schools, largely aiming at improving students' performance. However, global evidence on the effects of the us
Outdoor air pollution, exhaled 8-isoprostane and current asthma in adults: the EGEA study (Publications)
Associations between outdoor air pollution and asthma in adults are still scarce, and the underlying biological mechanisms are poorly understood. Our aim was to study the associations between 1) long-
Orientia <em>tsutsugamushi</em> is highly susceptible to the RNA polymerase switch region inhibitor corallopyronin a <em>in vitro</em> and<em> in... (Publications)
Scrub typhus is a potentially lethal infection caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi Reports on the emergence of doxycycline-resistant strains highlight the urgent need