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Respiratory health survey in an Indian South African community : distribution and determinants of symptoms, diseases and lung function.
(1992)
A cross-sectional epidemiologic survey of the respiratory health status
was conducted in the adult (15 years and older) Indian South African
population resident in Lenasia, Johannesburg to study the distribution
and ...
Epidemiological and clinical status of South African primary school children : investing in the future.
(2001)
The physical, psychological and social development of school children has been
neglected - partly because they were seen as healthy "survivors" of the ravages of
childhood illnesses, and partly because of the way in which ...
An inter-racial study into the pattern and prevalence of atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease in the University-based vascular surgical service in Durban.
(1996)
This study investigates the clinical and major risk factor profiles in Whites, Indians and
Blacks with atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease at the Vascular Service in Durban; and
compares them to that for coronary ...
Microsatellite instability in colorectal and oesophageal cancer.
(1998)
The development and progression of carcinogenesis is a major area of interest to many scientists. Numerous factors, including both environmental and genetic have been implicated in the causation of cancer. It is clear that ...
An investigation into the effects of Sutherlandia Frutescens, L-Canavanine and aflatoxin B1 in the HepG2 human hepatocarcinoma cell line.
(2008)
Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a potent hepatotoxic and hepatocarcinogenic mycotoxin synthesised by
toxigenic fungi (Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus), is a common contaminant of
many cereal commodities consequently ...
An in vivo study to determine the effects of Ochratoxin A and Sutherlandia frutescens in male Wistar rats.
(2009)
Ochratoxin A (OTA), a nephrotoxic mycotoxin, is a contaminant of several agricultural food
products consumed by animals and humans. Apart from renal toxicity, in particular renal
tumours, OTA may also result in teratogenicity, ...
The effect of vitamin B-6 deficiency on copper, zinc and iron balance in the rat.
(1988)
In order to address the contradictory reports on the rat trace element
status during a vitamin 8-6 deficiency, Zn, Cu and Fe balance was
assessed over 8 weeks in 3 groups of young male rats.
Group 1 was the control group ...
Critically ill obstetric and gynaecology patients : the development and validation of an outcome prediction model.
(2006)
Introduction: Outcome prediction tools have the potential to provide
significant adjunctive information for intensivists. Critically ill obstetric and
gynaecology patients constitute a unique subset of the general ICU ...
A profile of geriatric admissions admitted to King Edward V111 hospital, Durban, in 2005.
(2011)
Introduction: Ageing is a phenomenon that has preoccupied the minds
of humankind for generations but it was only in the twentieth century that
medical care dedicated to the elderly was created. The field of Geriatric
Medicine ...
The value of morphological analysis in duodenal ulcer therapy
(1994)
This study was designed to examine two premises: that the
morphological "severity" of duodenal ulcers (DU) may
influence the incidence of drug mediated healing and the
morphological "quality" of healing after curative ...