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Incidence of Carabelli's trait in Kenyan Africans and Asians
(1982)
Examination for incidence of Carabelli's trait was done on 1267 Africans and 781 Asian school children, 298 dental plaster casts and 248 skulls of Africans. The African sample is composed of 80% Bantu, 20% Nilote, and ...
Estimation of calendar age from eruption times of permanent teeth in Kenyan Africans and Asians
(1982)
Eruption data for permanent teeth, obtained from a previous cross-sectional study of 2847 African and Asian school children aged 4-14 years in Nairobi, Kenya, were used to calculate the median age and the 10th-90th percentile ...
Stepwise analysis of factors affecting the yield of hot-air-dried carrots
(1982)
Carrots (variety - Red Cored Chantenay) were subjected
to a stepwise analysis during processing prior
to dehydration (hot-air-drying), to determine the
parameters that affect the yield of the final product
and its ...
Why patients go the traditional healers
(1982-03)
Even in cines where western medicine is accessible and available patients consult traditional medical practitioners (waganga), often postponing or dis¬continuing medical treatment to do so (1,2). A large measure of the ...
Outbreak Of Acute Hepatitis Caused By Aflatoxin Poisoning In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1982-06)
Between March and early June, 1981, 20 patients with hepatitis, 12 of whom died, were admitted to three hospitals in the Machakos district of Kenya. Two families, from which 8 of 12 sick members, died were eating maize ...
HLA antigens in East African Black patients with Burkitt's lymphoma or nasopharyngeal carcinoma and in controls: a pilot study
(University of Nairobi,, 1982-10)
A pilot study is reported of HLA-A, B, and C antigens in 141 East African Blacks comprising patients with Burkitt's lymphoma or nasopharyngeal carcinoma, either with active disease or in long-term remission, together with ...
Hematopathological observations in Kenyan children with sickle cell anemia in the first decade of life
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1982)
This paper reviews clinicopathological and hematological manifestations of sickle cell anemia as seen in Kenyan children in the first decade of life. The information is based on a study of 447 patients. The findings are ...
Baseline studies on semen and hormonal parameters in fertile Black males in Kenya
(1982)
Masturbatory semen specimen from 49 fertile Black African males in Kenya whose wives were pregnant was obtained after at least 3 days of abstinence for the analysis of parameters which included volume motility, vitality, ...
The pituitary reserve for gonadotrophins and prolactin in women under long-term use of depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) as a contraceptive
(1982)
Pituitary reserve was assessed in women who had used depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) for 1, 5 and 10 years, and their responses were compared to 2 control groups--IUD users and noncontraceptive users. 100 ug GnRH ...
A Comparative Study Of The Nutritional Status, Parasitic Infections And Health Of Male Roadworkers In Four Areas Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1982)
The nutritional status, parasitic infections and general health of 801 male roadworkers living in four different areas of Kenya, namely, the highlands, coastal lowlands, Lake Victoria basin and the semiarid north-west, ...