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The Extent and Panacea for Drug Abuse and Indiscipline in Kenyan Schools
(Maxwell Scientific OrganizationMasinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya, 2012)Drug abuse is indeed a menace in Kenyan schools requiring concerted efforts to overcome. This paper explores the extent of the menace, precipitating factors, effects on health and discipline of students and possible remedies ... -
External Built Residential Environment Characteristics that Affect Mental Health of Adults
(University of Nairobi, 2014)External built residential environment characteristics include aspects of building design such as types of walls, doors and windows, green spaces, density of houses per unit area, and waste disposal facilities. Neighborhoods ... -
External quality control in blood coagulation at the Kenyatta National hospital
(Departmen of haematology, 1984-07)The Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) haematology section of the department of pathology has regularly participated in the World Health Organisation spon¬sored quality control (QC) exercises in blood coagulation since October ... -
External quality control performance in clinical chemistry: experience in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, 1993-01)Analysis of eleven biochemical laboratory tests was done during an International External Quality Assessment Scheme (IEQAS) in which the clinical chemistry laboratory at Kenyatta National Hospital participated. Technicon ... -
External root morphology of maxillary first premolars in Kenyan Africans
(Department of Community Oral Health, Kenya Medical Training CollegeDepartment of Paediatric Dentistry and OrthodonticsDepartment of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 12-12-20)To determine the external root morphology of the maxillary first premolars in Kenyan Africans. : Maxillary first premolars were mostly two-rooted with straight roots. Males presented with two or three roots more often than ... -
External root morphology of maxillary first premolars in Kenyan Africans.
(2009)Objective: To determine the external root morphology of the maxillary first premolars in Kenyan Africans. Design: In vitro descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi. ... -
Extra-abdominal fibromatosis invading the mandible: case report
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, University of Nairobi, 2002)Extra-abdominal fibromatosis (desmoid tumour) is a rare aggressive neoplasm with a tendency to infiltrate local structures but rarely metastasises or undergoes spontaneous malignant transformation. The treatment of choice ... -
Extracting molecular information from African natural products to facilitate unique African-led drug-discovery efforts
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2011-03)No abstract -
Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the anorectum: A case report
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Extrapulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis in HIV-1-seropositive patients presenting to the acute medical services in Nairobi.
(1990)We studied 506 consecutive adult acute medical admissions to hospital in Nairobi; 95 (18.8%) were seropositive for HIV-1, and 43 new cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were identified. TB was clearly associated with HIV ... -
Eye disease and visual impairment in Kibera and Dagoreti Divisions of Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University Of Nairobi, 2008)Objective: To determine the prevalence and pattern of eye diseases and visual impairment in the Nairobi Comprehensive Eye Care Services (NCES) Project; the catchment area of the Mbagathi District Eye Unit of Nairobi. Design: ... -
Eye disease and visual impairment in Kibera and Dagoreti Divisions of Nairobi, Kenya
(School of Medicine, 2008)Objective : To determine the prevalence and pattern of eye diseases and visual impairment in the Nairobi Comprehensive Eye Care Services (NCES) Project; the catchment area of the Mbagathi District Eye Unit of Nairobi. Design: ... -
Eye disease and visual impairment in Kibera and Dagoreti Divisions of Nairobi, Kenya. East Afr. j. ophthalmol. 2008 May; 14(1): 42-50.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)No abstract available -
Eye disease and visual impairment in Kibera and Dagoreti Divisions of Nairobi, Kenya. East Afr. j. ophthalmol. 2008 May; 14(1): 42-50.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)No abstract available -
Eye disease and visual impairment in Kibera and Dagoreti Divisions of Nairobi, Kenya. East Afr. j. ophthalmol. 2008 May; 14(1): 42-50.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)No abstract available -
Eye diseases in a high HIV-risk group; the Majengo commercial sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University Of Nairobi, 2007)Objective: To determine the prevalence and magnitude of eye disease in a group at high risk for HIV: the Majengo commercial sex worker (CSW) cohort and see how it differs from the general population. Design: Cross sectional ... -
Eye Gaze Diagnostic Sign In Hysterical Stupor
(University of NairobiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, 1980-08) -
Eye Injuries In Developing Countries.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1996)ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE -
[Eye involvement in Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). 1996/1997 studies in Paraguay]
(Augenklinik, Klinikum Innenstadt der LMU MünchenDepartment of Opthalmology, University of Nairobi, 1998)Last year's pilot study, which examined for the first time a representative group of patients with Chagas disease, showed that in this parasitosis changes in the ocular fundus can be expected in the form of defects of the ... -
Fabrication And Characterization Of Microwave Immunosensors Based On Organic Semiconductors With Nanogold-labeled Antibody.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Electrical Engineering, 2008)Microelectronic biosensors hold great promise for rapid, sensitive and specific in vitro point-of-care immunodiagnostics. In particular, sensors fabricated using organic semiconductors have attractive advantages-such as ...