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Microbicides development program, Tanzania-baseline characteristics of an occupational cohort and reattendance at 3 months.
OBJECTIVES: To determine baseline characteristics of an occupational cohort of women in Mwanza City, Tanzania, and factors associated …
Andrew Vallely, Stella Kasindi, Ian R. Hambleton, Louise Knight, Tobias Chirwa, Rebecca Balira, John Changalucha, Deborah Watson-Jones, Dean Everett, Awene Gavyole, Jocelyn Moyes, Mar Pujades-Rodríguez, David A. Ross, Richard J. Hayes
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The mechanisms of low birth weight in infants of mothers with homozygous sickle cell disease.
OBJECTIVE: A low mean birth weight is a constant finding in pregnancies of women with homozygous sickle cell disease. The factors …
Minerva Thame, Jillian Lewis, Helen Trotman, Ian Hambleton, Graham Serjeant
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Albuminuria and renal function in homozygous sickle cell disease: observations from a cohort study.
BACKGROUND: The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease is supranormal in childhood but falls steeply …
Joanne Thompson, Marvin Reid, Ian Hambleton, Graham R. Serjeant
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Elderly survivors with homozygous sickle cell disease.
Graham R. Serjeant, Douglas R. Higgs, Ian R. Hambleton
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Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates.
The aim of this study was to provide standards for the assessment of birthweight, head circumference and crown-heel length for normal, …
M. Samms-Vaughan, M. Thame, C. Osmond, I. R. Hambleton, A. McCaw-Binns, D. E. Ashley, G. R. Serjeant
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Predicted declines in sickle allele frequency in Jamaica using empirical data.
The high frequency of the sickle allele in some parts of Africa is understood to be a consequence of high malarial endemicity. One …
N. A. Hanchard, I. Hambleton, R. M. Harding, C. A. McKenzie
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Medical paediatric admission patterns at the University Hospital of the West Indies: issues for future planning.
An understanding of the epidemiological trend in hospital admissions, including morbidity and mortality patterns and the economic …
C. Eck, R. B. Pierre, I. R. Hambleton
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The prevalence of marijuana smoking in young adults with sickle cell disease: a longitudinal study.
BACKGROUND: The active ingredients of marijuana may have beneficial properties in the treatment of chronic pain and inflammation and is …
J. Knight-Madden, N. Lewis, I. R. Hambleton
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Skin test reactivity to aeroallergens in Jamaicans: relationship to asthma.
BACKGROUND: Asthma causes significant morbidity and mortality in the developing world. It is thus important to identify modifiable risk …
J. Knight-Madden, T. E. Forrester, I. R. Hambleton, N. Lewis, A. Greenough
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with obesity in the elderly in Barbados.
This article’s objective is to examine the epidemiology of obesity in the urban elderly population of Barbados. A random sample …
Anne O. Carter, Ian R. Hambleton, Hedy L. Broome, Henry S. Fraser, Anselm J. Hennis
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