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Orthopaedics in day surgery
(University Of Nairobi, 2009-01)
Background: Day surgery is now well established worldwide, but is just being established in Africa. In this paper is examined the efficacy of day care surgery in Orthopaedics. Setting up of the units and types of units ...
Selection of direct posterior dental restoratives by dentists
(2009)
The aim of the study was to compare the selection of direct posterior restorative materials by dentists in Nairobi and determine the reasons for preference of indicated materials.
Oesign: A cross-sectional descriptive ...
Psychosocial and health aspects of drug use by students in public secondary schools in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2009-03)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of family, psychosocial, health, demographic, and behavioral characteristics on regular drug use. All the students of 17 randomly stratified public secondary schools ...
Cataract in children attending schools for the blind and resource centers in eastern Africa.
(2009)
The aim of this study was to describe results of a representative sample of children who have undergone cataract surgery in schools for the blind in 4 African countries.
Cross-sectional study.
Children enrolled ...
Millennium Global Village-Net: bringing together Millennium Villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
(2009-12)
The Millennium Villages Project (MVP), based at The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is a bottom-up, community led approach to show how villages in developing countries can get out of the poverty trap that afflicts ...
Paediatric Thrombosis In Kenya
(2009)
Management of paediatric thrombosis in developing resource poor set ups poses various challenges. The challenges are mainly related to inadequate facilities for determining underlying causes and monitoring therapy. We ...
clinical application of tumour makers
(2009)
Background: Tumour markers have made a difference to oncology practice. They can be used in screening, diagnosis, prognostication and assessment of treatment efficacy. Reports on tumour marker usage suggest that many ...
Dental fluorosis, caries experience and snack intake of 13-15 year olds in Kenya
(2009-03)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the dental caries experience in relation to the severity of dental fluorosis and; to evaluate the dietary snacking habits of adolescents.
DESIGN:
A descriptive cross-sectional study.
SETTING: ...
PPAR-delta senses and orchestrates clearance of apoptotic cells to promote tolerance.
(2009)
Macrophages rapidly engulf apoptotic cells to limit the release of noxious cellular contents and to restrict autoimmune responses against self antigens. Although factors participating in recognition and engulfment of ...