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Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. II. Barriers to care, monitoring and treatment guidelines, plus recommendations at the system and individual level
(2011)
Physical disorders are, compared to the general population, more prevalent in people with severe mental illness (SMI). Although this excess morbidity and mortality is largely due to modifiable lifestyle risk factors, the ...
Viral markers in a blood donor population.
(1999)
The viral safety of blood depends on donor selection and screening of the blood for viruses.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the frequency of human immunodeficiency viruses 1 and 2, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus in ...
Effects of a school feeding intervention on school attendance rates among elementary schoolchildren in rural Kenya
(2011)
OBJECTIVE:
A randomized controlled school feeding intervention offered an opportunity to determine whether school feeding resulted in improved school attendance among elementary schoolchildren in a rural district of ...
Psychiatric morbidity among leprosy patients in Teso and Busia Districts of Western Kenya. East African Medical Journal, Vol. 82 no9, 452-456
(2005)
Objective: To establish the magnitude of psychiatric disorders among leprosy patients in western Kenya.
Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study.
Setting: Busia and Teso districts in western Kenya.
Subjects: A ...
Plasma bioactive LH and testosterone profiles in male New Zealand rabbits experimentally infected with Schistosoma mansoni
(2004)
The effects of Schistosoma mansoni (S. mansoni) infection on plasma levels of bioactive luteinising hormone (LH) and testosterone in the New Zealand rabbit model were studied. S. mansoni infection significantly decreased ...
Maxillofacial Injuries Caused By Terrorist Bomb Attack In Nairobi, Kenya.Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002 Aug;31(4):374-7.
(2002)
Although military conflicts are common on the African continent, there is a paucity of data regarding bomb-blast injuries in this region and in Kenya in particular. This paper describes the pattern of maxillofacial injuries ...
Prevalence of intestinal parasites in Kenyans with dyspepsia
(1998)
Dyspepsia and intestinal worm infestation are both common clinical conditions in a developing country like Kenya and thus this study was designed to look at the correlation between the two in a referral gastroenterology ...
Kenya Mental Health Country Profile
(2004)
The Kenya country profile is a description of Kenya covering the demographic, economic, cultural, religious, and health aspects including mental health in the country today. Like any other developing countries, Kenya is ...
Indoor air pollution in developing countries and acute respiratory infection in children.
(1989)
Indoor air pollution emerges as an important risk factor for acute respiratory infections (ARI) in developing countries. In many developing countries, in addition to an increasing amount of tobacco smoke, many homes contain ...
Infection with HIV as a risk factor for adverse obstetrical outcome.
(1990)
We carried out a case-control study to investigate the role of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including infection with HIV, as risk factors for adverse outcome of pregnancy. Overall, 1507 women were enrolled within ...