Lancet (London, England) 1992 Jul 25; 340(8813); 250. doi: . Epub 1992 08 21
Publications
[The urinary metabolites of niacin during the course of pellagra].
Abstract
The three main metabolites of niacin have been measured in urine of 10 Mozambican women living in refugee camps in Malawi and displaying clinical symptoms of pellagra.
Annals of nutrition & metabolism 1992 ; 36(4); 181-5. doi: 10.1159/000177716. Epub 1993 01 25
Efficacy of a therapeutic feeding centre evaluated during hospitalization and a follow-up period, Tahoua, Niger, 1987-1988.
Abstract
Between 1 February 1987 and 31 May 1988 an evaluation of a nutritional rehabilitation centre in Tahoua, Niger was conducted. Among the 381 children admitted to the centre, 61 (16%) had kwashiorkor and 347 (91.3%) were aged between 6 and 29 months.
Annals of tropical paediatrics 1992 ; 12(1); 47-54. doi: . Epub 1992 07 10
Malaria surveillance among the displaced Karen population in Thailand April 1984 to February 1989, Mae Sot, Thailand.
Abstract
Right from the arrival of the displaced Karen people in Thailand, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) identified malaria as the top priority problem. A program of patient care based on the coupled laboratory/dispensary was set up in April 1984.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 1991 Dec ; 22(4); 504-8. doi: . Epub 1992 08 06
Long-acting chloramphenicol versus intravenous ampicillin for treatment of bacterial meningitis.
Abstract
In most developing countries, bacterial meningitis (BM) is associated with a high case-fatality rate. The search for a simple, convenient, and inexpensive antibiotic treatment remains a priority.
Lancet (London, England) 1991 Oct 05; 338(8771); 862-6. doi: . Epub 1991 10 30
Malaria during pregnancy in an area of unstable endemicity.
Abstract
A prospective study of malaria during pregnancy was conducted between September 1986 and December 1989 in an area of unstable (mesoendemic) malaria transmission on the Thai-Burmese border.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ; 85(4); 424-9. doi: . Epub 1992 01 30
Asia
Biology
Birth Weight--statistics
Body Weight
Cultural Background
Data Collection
Delivery Of Health Care
Demographic Factors
Developing Countries
Diseases
Ethnic Groups
Examinations And Diagnoses
Fertility
Fertility Measurements
Geographic Factors
Health
Health Services
Malaria
Maternal Health Services
Maternal-child Health Services
Measurement
Parasitic Diseases
Parity--statistics
Physiology
Population
Population Characteristics
Population Dynamics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcomes
Prenatal Care
Prevalence
Primary Health Care
Prospective Studies
Reproduction
Research Methodology
Signs And Symptoms
Southeastern Asia
Studies
Thailand
Treatment
[Risk factors for malnutrition in 0-59-month-old infants in 2 districts of Niger].
Abstract
A nutritional survey by cluster sampling at 2 degrees, carried out in April 1987 within a range of action of 6 health structures in Niger, has permitted the calculation of the weight/height index among children aged from 0 to 59 months and the malnutri
Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial ; 51(3); 335-42. doi: . Epub 1991 12 26