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Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Premature Adult Mortality in Belize 2008-2010.
BACKGROUND: Data on disparities in mortality within low and middle income countries are limited, with little published data from the …
Francis Morey, Ian R. Hambleton, Nigel Unwin, T. Alafia Samuels
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Predicting the burden of acute myocardial infarction in a country with limited resources: combining data from routine sources.
BACKGROUND: Prior to implementation of a national surveillance system for cardiovascular disease in Barbados, a small island state with …
Angela M. C. Rose, Nico R. S. Belgrave, Lauren Maul, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Rudy Delice, Ian R. Hambleton
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Social distribution of diabetes, hypertension and related risk factors in Barbados: a cross-sectional study.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of diabetes, hypertension and related behavioural and biological risk factors in adults in …
Christina Howitt, Ian R. Hambleton, Angela M. C. Rose, Anselm Hennis, T. Alafia Samuels, Kenneth S. George, Nigel Unwin
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Disparities in diabetes mellitus among Caribbean populations: a scoping review.
BACKGROUND: Despite the large body of research on racial/ethnic disparities in health, there are limited data on health disparities in …
Nadia R. Bennett, Damian K. Francis, Trevor S. Ferguson, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Rainford J. Wilks, Eon Nigel Harris, Marlene M. Y. MacLeish, Louis W. Sullivan
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Clinical findings associated with homozygous sickle cell disease in the Barbadian population--do we need a national SCD registry?
BACKGROUND: Comprehensive care in homozygous sickle cell disease (HbSS) entails universal neonatal screening and subsequent monitoring …
Kim R. Quimby, Stephen Moe, Ian Sealy, Christopher Nicholls, Ian R. Hambleton, R. Clive Landis
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Diabetes in North America and the Caribbean: an update.
The North America and Caribbean (NAC) Region faces a high burden of diabetes. In 2013, the number of children (aged 0-14 years) with …
Samrawit F. Yisahak, Jessica Beagley, Ian R. Hambleton, K. M. Venkat Narayan
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Ten year trends in community HIV viral load in Barbados: implications for treatment as prevention.
BACKGROUND: Treatment as prevention is a paradigm in HIV medicine which describes the public health benefit of antiretroviral therapy …
R. Clive Landis, Songee Lynn Branch-Beckles, Shawna Crichlow, Ian R. Hambleton, Anton Best
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Homozygous sickle cell disease in Uganda and Jamaica a comparison of Bantu and Benin haplotypes.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the haematological and clinical features of homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in Bantu and Benin haplotypes in …
C. Ndugwa, D. Higgs, C. Fisher, I. Hambleton, K. Mason, B. E. Serjeant, G. R. Serjeant
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Systemic lupus erythematosus in an African Caribbean population: incidence, clinical manifestations, and survival in the Barbados National Lupus Registry.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the epidemiology, clinical features, and outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the predominantly …
Cindy Flower, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, George D. Nicholson, Matthew H. Liang
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Hb S-β-thalassemia: molecular, hematological and clinical comparisons.
Clinical and hematological features are presented for 261 patients with identified β-thalassemia (β-thal) mutations. Mutations causing …
Graham R. Serjeant, Beryl E. Serjeant, Raphael A. Fraser, Ian R. Hambleton, Douglas R. Higgs, Andreas E. Kulozik, Alan Donaldson
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