PM2.5 and NO2 assessment in 21 European study centres of ECRHS II: annual means and seasonal differences (Publications)
The follow-up of cohorts of adults from more than 20 European centres of the former ECRHS I (1989-1992) investigates long-term effects of exposure to ambient air pollution on respiratory health, in pa
Association of STR polymorphisms in CMA1 and IL-4 with asthma and atopy: the SAPALDIA cohort (Publications)
Asthma is a chronic pulmonary disorder that is characterized by airway inflammation and bronchial hyperreactivity. Several genetic loci have been associated with asthma, and some of these associations
A sigmoidoscopy-based case-control study of polyps: macronutrients, fiber and meat consumption (Publications)
We conducted a large, sigmoidoscopy-based case-control study to examine the relation of intake of macronutrients, meat, and fiber to occurrence of adenomas of the large bowel. Cases were subjects diag
Encecalol angelate, an unstable chromene from <em>Ageratum conyzoides</em> L.: total synthesis and investigation of its antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
In agreement with ethnomedicinal reports, the dichloromethane extract of Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) was recently shown to be of considerable activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, t