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A comparison of acute and long-term management of stroke patients in Barbados and South London.
BACKGROUND: To compare health care utilisation between stroke patients living in a middle-income country with similar patients in a …
Nigel C. Smeeton, David O. C. Corbin, Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Henry S. Fraser, Charles D. A. Wolfe, Peter U. Heuschmann
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Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a Caribbean population: comparisons with African-Americans.
We describe breast cancer incidence and mortality in the predominantly African-origin population of Barbados, which shares an ancestral …
Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Suh-Yuh Wu, Maria Cristina Leske, Barbara Nemesure
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Risk factors for breast cancer in a black population--the Barbados National Cancer Study.
The Barbados National Cancer Study (BNCS) is a nationwide case-control study investigating environmental and genetic factors for breast …
Barbara Nemesure, Suh-Yuh Wu, Ian R. Hambleton, M. Cristina Leske, Anselm J. Hennis
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Interpersonal violence in three Caribbean countries: Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.
OBJECTIVES: This article reports the prevalence of two types of interpersonal violence (IPV) (sexual and physical) and one type of …
Elsie Le Franc, Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Ian Hambleton, Kristin Fox, Dennis Brown
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Inflammatory bowel disease: incidence, prevalence, and disease characteristics in Barbados, West Indies.
BACKGROUND: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be lower among people of African descent than Caucasians. However, …
C. N. Edwards, S. G. Griffith, A. J. Hennis, I. R. Hambleton
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Voices of the women: feedback from women of child-bearing age who are living with HIV can help improve efficacy of psychosocial interventions.
BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that voluntary counselling and testing during pregnancy are necessary but not sufficient to provide the …
P. D. Weller, I. R. Hambleton, C. Chambers, S. Bain, C. D. C. Christie, B. Bain
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The inflammatory effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on leukocyte extravasation in vivo.
OBJECTIVE: Extravascular trafficking of leukocytes into organs is thought to play a major role in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of …
B. J. Evans, D. O. Haskard, J. R. Finch, I. R. Hambleton, R. C. Landis, K. M. Taylor
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Effect of herpes simplex suppression on incidence of HIV among women in Tanzania.
BACKGROUND: Infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is associated with an increased risk of acquiring infection with the …
Deborah Watson-Jones, Helen A. Weiss, Mary Rusizoka, John Changalucha, Kathy Baisley, Kokugonza Mugeye, Clare Tanton, David Ross, Dean Everett, Tim Clayton, Rebecca Balira, Louise Knight, Ian Hambleton, Jerome Le Goff, Laurent Belec, Richard Hayes
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Sex and the city: differences in disease- and disability-free life years, and active community participation of elderly men and women in 7 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
BACKGROUND: The world’s population is ageing, and four of the top 10 most rapidly ageing developing nations are from the region …
Angela M. C. Rose, Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton
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Validity of coital diaries in a feasibility study for the Microbicides Development Programme trial among women at high risk of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania.
OBJECTIVES: To compare coital diaries and face-to-face interviews (FFIs) in measuring sexual behaviour among women at high risk of HIV. …
Caroline F. Allen, Shelley S. Lees, Nicola A. Desmond, Geoff Der, Betty Chiduo, Ian Hambleton, Louise Knight, Andrew Vallely, David A. Ross, Richard J. Hayes
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