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(University of Johannesburg, 2006-06)A stratified random sample of 401 participants was taken from three sites of study (Maluti, Seboche and Paray) in rural Lesotho in an attempt to study the relationship between awareness about HIV/AIDS and 55 socio-economic ...
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(BioMed Central, 2007)The objective of the study was to conduct a process and outcomes evaluation of the International AIDS Conference (IAC). Reaction evaluation data are presented from a delegate survey distributed at the 2004 IAC held in ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2007-01)The cumulative effects of environmental toxicants, for example, the alkylphenol, para-nonylphenol (p-NP) are of concern. Our previous study showed that p-NP reduced several testicular morphometric parameters, including ...
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(Blackwell, 2007-03)Phase I of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood has provided valuable information regarding international prevalence patterns and potential risk factors in the development of asthma, allergic ...
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(South African Medical Association, 2007-03)Sir James Paget, reflecting on his experiences at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London during 1835 - 1854, noted: ‘Some of the self-select of the pupils, making themselves into a kind of club, had a small room over a baker’s ...
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(Blackwell, 2007-05)BACKGROUND: Childhood disability in South Africa has failed to receive adequate attention from governmental agencies, such as the health, education and social welfare departments, despite there being more than 1 million ...
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(Blackwell, 2007-08)Many reports suggest that male reproductive health has deteriorated over the last decades, possibly due to environmental contaminants that act as endocrine disruptors. This hypothesis was tested in Sprague-Dawley rats ...
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(BioMed Central, 2007-09)BACKGROUND: Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important outcome in times of Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART). We compared the HRQoL of HIV positive patients receiving HAART with those awaiting ...
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(Blackwell, 2007-09)The aim of this case–control study was to determine the risk factors for low birthweight in a farming region in South Africa, with particular attention to maternal alcohol use and smoking, both independently and in ...
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(Water Research Council, 2008)Increasing concern about endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and their effects on humans, animals and the environment resulted in this study being conducted. Water from 7 sites in the Pretoria West area (South Africa), ...
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(Ife Centre for Psychological Studies, 2008)Gender based violence in Malawi exist at a level that requires special acknowledgement. A survey was conducted to assess how social and cultural factors affect gender-based violence in Malawi. The study revealed that both ...
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(South African Society of Crop Production/ Soil Science Society of South Africa/ Southern African Weed Science Society/ Southern African Society for Horticultural Sciences, 2008)Knowledge on the availability of residual P in soils is of great importance for fertilization management. The use of dialysis membrane tubes filled with hydrous ferric oxide solution has recently been reported as an effective ...
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(Elsevier, 2008-04-12)South Africa is one of the few developing countries with a national confidential inquiry into maternal deaths. 164 health facilities obtain audit data for stillbirths and neonatal deaths, and a new audit network does so ...
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(Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2008-06)CONTEXT: Although a growing number of studies have examined how community factors influence contraceptive use, few have explored how such factors affect method choice. METHODS: Data from the 1998 South Africa Demographic ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2008-07)BACKGROUND: Research into asthma is proceeding at an unprecedented rate and yet we live with a disease that escalates in prevalence and severity, despite a greater understanding of its pathophysiology and the necessary ...
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(Wiley, 2008-09)BACKGROUND: The burden of silicosis, pulmonary tuberculosis and COPD is described in 624 South African goldminers 18 months after cessation of work. METHODS: This was a prevalence study. Questionnaires were administered, ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-09)No abstract available.
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009)OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors influencing non-attendance with clinic appointments in diabetic patients at a Gauteng Hospital in 2007/2008. SETTING: Two diabetes clinics situated at a secondary-level hospital, that ...
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(African Networks on Ethnomedicines, 2009)Self-treatment for eye diseases is very common in most developing countries yet there has been little investigation of such attitudes and practices. In many settings, people do not proceed beyond self-treatment and do not ...
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