Formaldehyde, a ubiquitous volatile organic compound, is used extensively in the manufacture of many products and processes across industries, yet little is known of its inherent risks in the occupations. Because of formaldehyde public health significance, many countries and regu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1230425
Background: Working condition is a factor that does not only affect productivity but also the health of the workers. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate some of the associated risk factors of chronic low back pain among bank workers in Port Harcourt Metropolis of Rivers State in Ni...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1230417
Background: This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine prevalence, causative agents and their drug susceptibility patterns of chronic osteomyelitis children among 766 children attending orthopedic services at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital between October 2016 and...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i530144
Sulieman M. El Sanousi, Zakia A. Osman, Abdul Asalam B. S. Mohamed, Mansoor Shueai Al Awfi, Yaser H. Babair & Maher H. Babair·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2016
Background: Cytomegalovirus infection is endemic worldwide. Most frequently used methods for antibodies detection in developing world are enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. The polymerase chain reaction induces production of large amounts of specific deoxyribonucleic acid fragmen...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29717
Mansoor Shueai Al Awfi, Mohammed Amood Al-Kamarany, Rasheed Mohsen, Mohammed Al Hilali, Waleed Al Khader, Saleem Al Jafari, Mona Galeb, Hanan Al Amodi & Balqis Moad·Microbiology Research Journal International·2016
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant problem in hemodialysis patients, which poses difficulty in the management of the patients in the renal dialysis unit. Objective: This study aimed to detect and determine the prevalence of HCV in renal failure pre- di...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/28632
Middle ear swabbed samples from patients (aged ≤1 yr to ≥ 60 yrs) attending Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) clinics at Uyo and Ikot Ekpene with chronic otitis media (COM) were analyzed microbiologically. The occurrences of DNase, β-lactamase, haemolysin production and susceptibility o...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/13736