Differences in disease prevalence as a source of the U.S.-European health care spending gap (Publications)
The United States spends more on health care than any European country. Previous studies have sought to explain these differences in terms of system capacity, access to technologies, gross domestic pr
Co-infection of HIV and parasites in China: <em>Cryptosporidium</em> prevalence in environmental water in HIV/AIDS high endemic areas (Publications)
The purpose of this study is to explore relationship between water contamination of Cryptosporidium parasite and co-infection of HIV with parasites in HIV/AIDS highly endemic areas in China, in order
Bayesian model averaging in time-series studies of air pollution and mortality (Publications)
The issue of model selection in time-series studies assessing the acute health effects from short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants has received increased scrutiny in the past 5 yr. Recently, Ba
Effect of repeated application of microbial larvicides on malaria transmission in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
The effect of repeated applications of Bacillus thuringiensis var israeliensis (Bti) and B. sphaericus (Bs) on different entomologic parameters of malaria transmission was investigated in a village in
Exposure and measurement contributions to estimates of acute air pollution effects (Publications)
Air pollution health effect studies are intended to estimate the effect of a pollutant on a health outcome. The definition of this effect depends upon the study design, disease model parameterization,
Seasonal and spatial trends in particle number concentrations and size distributions at the children's health study sites in Southern California (Publications)
Continuous measurements of particle number (PN), particle mass (PM(10)) and gaseous copollutants (NO(x), CO and O3) were obtained at eight sites (urban, suburban and remote) in Southern California dur