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Browsing Research Articles (Clinical Epidemiology) by Author "Becker, Piet J."
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Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Steenkamp, B.; Gauche, L.; Becker, Piet J.; Ker, James A.; Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw); Viljoen, Margaretha
(Clinics Cardiv, 2007)
Co-morbidity between physical disease, especially cardiovascular, and psychological disturbances is well documented. In psychiatric patients, the potential for dysrhythmogenic incidences is increased by the fact that many ...
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Bosman, E.; Esterhuizen, A.D.; Rodrigues, Frederico Antonio; Becker, Piet J.; Hoffmann, W.A.
(Wiley, 2015-11)
Previous reports indicated that hyperinsulinaemic men may exhibit a higher
percentage of poorly compacted DNA in their spermatozoa and less success in
an IVF programme (Andrologia, 45, 2003, 18; Andrologia, 2014, doi: ...
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Van Vuuren, Bernard J.; Van Heerden, Hendrik J.; Becker, Piet J.; Zinzen, Evert; Meeusen, Romain
(Springer Verlag, 2007-03)
An analytical cross-sectional epidemiological study carried out among 109 manganese plant workers aimed to examine the prevalence and association between lower back problems (LBP) and occupational risk factors. Outcome was ...
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Roelofse, M.M. (Michelle Marizan); Steyn, Maryna; Becker, Piet J.
(Elsevier, 2008-05-20)
Personal identification of individuals is very important in forensic sciences. Facial identification is becoming even more relevant with increasing crime rates, problems with access control and terrorist attacks. To make ...
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Bosman, Edolene; Esterhuizen, Aletta Dorothea; Rodrigues, Frederico Antonio; Becker, Piet J.; Hoffmann, Willem Abraham
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-02)
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hyperinsulinaemia in a group of normozoospermic donors and the influence of insulin levels on in vitro fertilisation (IVF) outcome. Fasting insulin and 2 h post-eating ...
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Mendes, J.F.; Mathee, A.; Naicker, N.; Becker, Piet J.; Naidoo, S.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-11)
Intentional and unintentional injuries were reported to be the
second leading cause of Disability Adjusted Life Years in South
Africa in 2000. We present household experiences of such injuries
in 5 impoverished housing ...
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Beukes, Jacques Walter; Reyneke, J.P.; Becker, Piet J.
(Elsevier, 2013-03)
The authors undertook a prospective study to evaluate the influence that the anatomical dimensions of the ramus of the mandible
and the presence of lower third molar teeth may have on the sagittal split ramus osteotomy. ...
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Van Vuuren, Bernard J.; Zinzen, Evert; Van Heerden, Hendrik J.; Becker, Piet J.; Meeusen, Romain
(Springer, 2007-09)
INTRODUCTION : Back complaints are common in society. METHODS : An analytical cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out among 366 steel plant workers to examine the prevalence and association between lower ...