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Respiratory atopic disease, Ascaris-immunoglobulin E and tuberculin testing in urban South African children.
(Blackwell, 2006-05)Background Epidemiological relation of intestinal helminth infection and atopic disease, both associated with a T‐helper (Th) 2 immune response, is controversial, as it has been reported that helminth infection may either ... -
Iron, folate and vitamin B12 status of an elderly South African population
(Basingstoke: Nature Publishing, 1997)Objectives: To determine the prevalence of anaemia and the haemopoietic nutrient status of older mixed ancestry (coloured) South Africans. Design: A cross-sectional analytic study. Subjects: A random sample of 200 ... -
The distribution of helminth infections along the coastal plain of Kwazulu-Natal province, South Africa
(Maney, 1999)The results of a previous study indicated that, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Necator americanus and Strongyloides stercoralis were endemic to the coastal lowlands only. The prevalences of these helminths, ... -
Immunohistochemical localization of zona pellucida proteins ZPA, ZPB and ZPC in human; cynomolgus monkey; and mouse ovaries
(Springer, 2001)The zona pellucida of mammalian oocytes plays an important role in binding and activation of sperm cells during the molecular events leading to fertilization. The genes coding for the three zona pellucida glycoproteins ... -
Endemic goitre in the absence of iodine deficiency in schoolchildren of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa
(Basingstoke: Nature Publishing, 1999)Objective: The study was undertaken to investigate whether endemic goitre still exists in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa more than 55 years after it was reported and, if so, whether iodine deficiency, or fluoride ... -
Dietary intake of primary school children in relation to food production in a rural area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Basingstoke: Nature Publishing, 1999)The adequacy of food intake of primary school children living in a low socioeconomic rural area, +/- 60 km northwest of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa was assessed in a cross-sectional study. Primary school children, ... -
Adolescent precursors of intensity of marijuana and other illicit drug use among adult initiators
(Washington DC Heldref, 2001)This study examined (a) adolescent psychosocial risk factors for frequency (intensity) of marijuana use and for other illicit drug use among those who started using these drugs in early adulthood (adult initiators) and (b) ... -
Fumonisin mycotoxins in human hair
(2003)This study shows for the first time the accumulation of fumonisin mycotoxins in human hair of population clusters exposed to contaminated maize, and thus the feasibility of human hair analysis for the assessment of past ...