Consumption of sweets and freedom from caries in Basle school children (Publications)
A sample of 1'838 school children of Basle, aged 8 to 14 years, who were examined by dentists of the school dental health service, attended at the same time a 24 hour recall interview on nutritional h
Smoking cessation in pharmacies: evaluation of the smoking cessation campaign "Tobacco adieu!" among pharmacists in Basel (Publications)
Now as in the past, tobacco consumption is a major health problem in Switzerland. Efforts to reduce tobacco consumption include different preventive strategies. Although dispensary pharmacists have in
Entwicklungsbedingungen und Entwicklungsstand von 10jährigen Basler Kindern (Publications)
Children from the "Basle Kindergarten Study" (born 1971-73) were re-examined during their 4th year of primary school, i.e. at the age of ten (1981-84) (Follow-up of a representative sample of 10% of a
Ernährungsinhalte in Basler und Berner Primarschulbüchern (Publications)
Since nutrition education is a topic to be introduced into primary teaching this study examines the contents of primary school books of the cantons of Basle and Berne regarding this matter. Direct nut
Das geplante "Datenschutz-Gesetz" - eine Bedrohung der medizinisch-epidemiologischen Forschung in der Schweiz? (Publications)
The draft of the new law on the confidentiality of personal data severely curtails medical and epidemiological research. This might be detrimental and dangerous to public health. The project therefore
Tuberkulintestierung in der Praxis (Publications)
A study was conducted to compare the Tuberculin-Tine test with the Tuberculin Monotest; a total of 1861 pupils (age 15) were tested with either of the two tests, non-reactors were retested with a Mant
Factors influencing dental caries in school children in a city with fluoridated water (Publications)
In a joint study by the school health and the school dental health service 4386 children were examined and their nutritional habits recorded. Analysis shows that mainly the consumption of sweets betwe
Die berufliche und familiäre Lage der Ärztin in der Schweiz (Publications)
A questionnaire on professional and family life was sent to all women doctors in Switzerland (N=2570). 70% were returned, 80% of the respondents are exercising their profession, though only 50% in ful
