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Respiratory health of the informal stone crushers in Dar-Es-Salaam.
(2010)
Introduction.
Stone crushing in Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania is largely an informal occupational activity,
with approximately 7000 workers exposed to varying level of respirable dust. A highly
marginalized, self employed, ...
Structural violence and schizophrenia : psychosocial, economic and cultural impacts on the onset of psychoses.
(2010)
Schizophrenia is a common and serious mental disorder affecting approximately 1% of the population (WHO, 1973). That genetic and other developmental factors give rise to a predisposition or vulnerability to schizophrenia ...
The frequency of insulin resistance and hyperlipidaemia in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) attending Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital .
(2010)
BACKGROUND. Polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the commonest endocrinopathies in women of reproductive age. The prevalence of the disease is estimated to be around 5 % in general population (Azziz, 2004). Literature on ...
Prevalence of low back pain amongst nurses at Edendele hospital.
(2010)
Introduction. Low back pain is an important public health problem affecting 70-85% of the
population worldwide and is a common cause of work-related disability. At Edendale
Hospital, the physiotherapy nursing case load ...
Identification of sources from which doctors in the private sector obtain information on HIV and AIDS.
(MedPharm, 2009)
Background: Doctors need to constantly update their knowledge and obtain information in order to practise high-quality medicine. Antiretroviral drugs have been available only since around 1996, therefore many of the doctors ...
Evaluation of the clinical management of HIV-infected patients by private sector doctors in the eThekwini Metro, KwaZulu-Natal.
(MedPharm, 2009)
Background: Although private sector doctors are the backbone of treatment service in many countries, caring for patients with HIV entails a whole new set of challenges and difficulties. The few studies done on the quality ...
Underweight and overweight in primary school children in eThekwini district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(AOSIS, 2010)
Background: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has been increasing worldwide. South Africa has minimal data on childhood body weight.
Objectives: This study determined whether school children in the ...
Adherence-monitoring practices by private healthcare sector doctors managing HIV and AIDS patients in the eThekwini metro of KwaZulu-Natal.
(MedPharm, 2009)
Background: The danger of poor adherence to treatment by patients with HIV infection is that poor adherence correlates with clinical and virological failure. Understanding how private-sector doctors monitor adherence by ...
The role of the protease cleavage sites in viral fitness and drug resistance in HIV-1 subtype C.
(2010)
There is an increasing number of patients failing second line highly active antiretroviral therapy
(AZT, DDI and LPV/r) in South Africa, where HIV-1 subtype C predominates. Mutations at gag
cleavage sites (CS) have ...
The anatomical study of the osteochondral, vascular and muscular relations of the superficial and deep cervical plexuses.
(2010)
In standard anatomical textbooks, the formation of the cervical plexus is well defined;
however the accurate differentiation into superficial and deep plexuses, their emerging
patterns, and gross anatomical relations are ...