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Bather morbidity from recreational exposure to sea-water

Author: Von Schirnding, YER ; Strauss, N ; Robertson, P ; Kfir, R ; Fattal, B ; Mathee, A ; Franck, M ; Cabelli, VJ Date: 1993 Rapid urbanisation in the coastal areas of South Africa has led to increasing concern about the potential health effects on bathers resulting from exposure to contaminated seawater. Water quality criteria in South Africa are not epidemiologically ... Read more
Defining episodes of diarrhoea: results from a three-country study in Sub Saharan Africa

Author: Wright, James A ; Gundry, SW ; Conroy, R ; Wood, D ; Du Preez, M ; Ferro-Luzzi, A ; Genthe, Bettina ; Kirimi, M ; Moyo, S ; Mutisi, C ; Ndamba, J ; Potgieter, N Date: Mar 2006 The study was conducted to assess the effect of definition of episode on diarrhoeal morbidity and to develop a means of adjusting estimates of morbidity for the definition of episode used. This paper reports on a cohort study of 374 children, ... Read more
Evaluating the impact of tuberculosis control: number of deaths prevented by short-course chemotherapy in China

Author: Dye, C ; Zhao, FZ ; Scheele, S ; Williams, B Date: Jun 2000 Tuberculosis (TB) is still amongst the most important causes of human morbidity and mortality killing approximately two million people each year. Standard short-course chemotherapy (SSCC) can rapidly control illness and dramatically reduce ... Read more
Self-reported hypertension in eMbalenhle, Mpumalanga, South Africa: findings from a vulnerability to air pollution assessment

Author: Matooane, M ; Oosthuizen, R ; John, J Date: 2011 The study determined the prevalence of self-reported hypertension and evaluated the relationship between self-reported hypertension and associated risk factors among adults who participated in the 2006 vulnerability to air pollution study in ... Read more

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