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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Introduction:
In the Chinese community, rapid urbanization, sedentary life style, stress, smoking and changes in dietary may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. Studies conducted in China showed an increasing prevalence ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Malaria is one of the most challenging problems in the tropical parts of the world, causing about 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths annually. Ninety percent of these deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and 5% of children die from ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Background: This study investigated the relationship between family background and adolescent sexuality among secondary school students in Botswana.
Objective: Controlling for individual, household, and community level ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Background. The investigation aims to explore the factors giving rise to the development of persistent diarrhoea (PD) and to find out the prevalence of persistent diarrhoea and Giardia lamblia in children aged 6 to 23 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
BACK GROUND: The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in the whole world and in Palestine. Prevention of the disease would help to stop the epidemic. Education is an important element in diabetes prevention and treatment. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
A cross sectional study using both quantitative and qualitative approaches was carried out in Assosa Town, Ethiopia (2001-2002) to investigate what proportion of couples were discussing about family planning, if there was ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Objective: The study was designed to estimate the prevalence of
type 2 diabetes among the urban slum population and to make
a valid comparison of differential prevalences along with its
risk factors. Further, the agreement ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
SETTING: Khartoum, Gazira and camps for displaced people
OBJECTIVES: To find the extent of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in Sudan and to estimate the association between drug resistance-TB and proportion of new cases ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Development of an effective vaccine against HIV has faced great challenges due to the great genetic diversity of the virus. However, in different geographical areas candidate vaccines based on the prevalent HIV-1 subtype(s) ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Intestinal worm infections are prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas, and are, from a public health perspective, a significant cause of morbidity in many areas. Factors that contribute to spreading infections are ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Rationale: Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world with a GDP of 260 USD per capita. The public health expenditure was 10.2% of the GDP in 1999. 59% of the population has access to health facility within 15 km ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
In order to gain more knowledge about the working environment and on the occurrence of solvent-exposure symptoms among workers of car painting workshops, we conducted a cross-sectional occupational survey (descriptive ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Abstract
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been one of the challenging health related practices which is
prevalent in different continents. Though, there are some documents indicating the declining of this
ancient surgery ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
The Life and Health Status of Urban Elderly People in Beijing, China
Background Population ageing has becoming an important development issue that requires urgent action. Health, economic and social issues of ageing are ...