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LANDFILL LEACHATE-INDUCED OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN RAT AND AFRICAN CATFISH
(2014-06)Landfill leachate poses potential health hazards for man and his environment. Leachates can generate free radicals in exposed tissues. Free radicals may cause DNA damage and oxidative stress associated with many disease ... -
LEAD AND CADMIUM CONTENT OF COMMONLY CONSUMED LEAFY VEGETABLES IN OPEN MARKETS IN IBADAN AND WARRI, NIGERIA
(2015-03)Leafy vegetables are the most predominant constituents of Nigerian cuisine and are essential sources of vitamins and minerals. Urban activities in cities like Warri and Ibadan may elevate heavy metal (HM) concentrations ... -
LEVELS, TRENDS AND DIFFERENTIALS IN UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY IN NIGERIA (1990-2008)
(2014-01)High Under-five Mortality (U5M) rate in Nigeria constitutes a source of public health concern. However, statistics for monitoring its levels, trends and differentials to assess the effectiveness of intervention strategies ... -
LIVING SITUATIONS OF JUNE 1987 SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS IN A RURAL NIGERIAN COMMUNITY
(1990-04)This was a descriptive study of the living situations of 363 members of the June,1987 set of school leavers from the four senior secondary schools in Igboora, Oyo State, Nigeria, who made their first attempt and finished ... -
MAGNESIUM METABOLISM IN DIABETES MELLITUS AND THE EFFECTS OF MAGNESIUM ADMINISTRATION ON PLASMA GLUCOSE AND INSULIN LEVELS
(1995-09)Magnesium plays an important role in human metabolic activities. Its role in glucose metabolism is well established. However, there are still some conflicting views on the altered magnesium homeostasis in diabetic states ... -
MAJOR SKELETAL COMPLICATIONS OF SICKLE-CELL DISEASE IN IBADAN, NIGERIA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
(1986-06)The landmark contributions to the recognition and understanding of sickle-cell disease at the clinical, cellular and molecular levels are reviewed. The variable natural history of the disease with environmental and ... -
MALARIA PARASITAEMIA AND HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSES TO SOME DEFINED PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ANTIGENS IN NEWBORNS, INFANTS AND ADULT NIGERIANS
(1994-08)A cohort of mothers and their newborns at Igbo-Ora, Oyo state was studied longitudinally for 12 months to determine the incidence of malaria parasitaemia, episodes of clinical malaria and their humoral immune response to ... -
MALARIA TREATMENT OUTCOME AMONG UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN ATTENDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRES IN UMUAHIA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ABIA STATE NIGERIA.
(2010-10)Malaria remains a major health problem in Africa where one child in 10 dies before the age of five years. Despite the availability of affordable preventive/curative interventions in the Primary Health Centres (PHC) in ... -
MALARIA TREATMENT PRACTICES OF UNDER-FIVE CAREGIVERS AND WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT A DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT PACKAGE FOR MALARIA IN ONA-ARA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE
(2011-07)Background: Home management of malaria (HMM) using artemisinin-based combined therapy (ACT) has proved to be very effective in the treatment of malaria in rural communities. Efforts have been undertaken to increase ACT ... -
MARRIED WOMEN'S KNOWLEDGE OF AND INTENTION TO USE FEMALE CONDOM IN IBADAN SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2008-12)Women constitute over 50% of those infected with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa where the pandemic poses major public health problems and one-third of these women are married. Although various protective devices against ... -
MATERNAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES UTILIZATION AND BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES: COMPARISON AMONG TEENAGE AND NON TEENAGE MOTHERS IN NIGERIA
(2011-07)Teenage pregnancy is a common public health problem affecting nearly every society- developed and developing alike. There is a growing awareness that early child bearing has multiple consequences in terms of maternal ... -
MATERNAL OCCUPATION AND CHILD NUTRITIONAL CARE AMONG WORKING MOTHERS OF CHILDREN AGED 6-24 MONTHS IN IBADAN METROPOLIS
(2014-11)Malnutrition is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood; pre-school children mainly depend on their mothers for their nutritional care. The involvement of mothers in income generating activities can limit ... -
MATERNAL PERSPECTIVES ABOUT BIRTH DEFECTS AND ANORECTAL MALFORMATIONS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2012-08)Birth defects are structural congenital malformations that are almost always seen at birth. In countries lacking guidelines on screening for birth defects, additional responsibility is placed on parents in the early detection ... -
MECHANISM OF ANTI-DIABETIC ACTIVITIES OF Musa sapientum LEAF EXTRACT IN RATS TREATED WITH ALLOXAN
(2014)Diabetes mellitus results from necrosis of pancreatic β-cell and insulin resistance at the cellular level. Musa sapientum has been shown to possess anti-diabetic properties. However, the mechanism of its action is unknown. ... -
MECHANISM OF ANTI-GASTRIC ULCER EFFECT OF BETULINIC ACID IN MALE ALBINO RATS
(2011-03)Betulinic acid (BA) is a lupane-type triterpene that has been identified and isolated from different plant species used in ethnomedicine worldwide. It is known to possess anti-ulcer, anti-tumor and anti-microbial properties. ... -
MECHANISMS OF THE ANTI-GASTRIC ULCER ACTIVITY OF RISPERIDONE IN MALE RATS
(2015-02)Gastric ulcer and its treatment is a global problem, thus the search for a novel drug becomes a continuous one. Risperidone, though, anti-psychotic has been found to exhibit anti-ulcer activity, however, its mechanisms of ... -
MEDIAN TIME TO ACHIEVE UNDETECTABLE VIRAL LOAD AFTER INITIATION OF ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT AMONG HIV-INFECTED ADULTS IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA
(2012-06)The burden of high HIV prevalence and poor to access to treatment and care at the beginning of the last decade had necessitated APIN-Plus/Harvard PEPFAR intervention in Nigeria in 2004. So far, no published local study as ... -
MENOPAUSAL EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS AMONG WOMEN IN IBADAN SOUTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA
(2011-01)Menopause is a natural period in which menstruation period stops, thus ending in most cases, a woman's childbearing years. More still needs to be known about the discomforts which are associated with menopause. The study ... -
METABOLISM OF LIPIDS IN KWASHIORKOR
(1969)A study of lipid metabolism in Nigeria kwashiorkor children has shown that the serum phospholipids, total cholesterol, cholesterol esters and total fatty acid levels were low when compared with the values for control ... -
MICROBIAL LOAD AND HEAVY METAL LEVELS IN SOME VEGETABLES SOLD IN SELECTED MARKETS WITHIN IBADAN METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
(2013-04)Microbial and heavy metal contamination of vegetables compromises the quality and safety of vegetables consumed in Nigeria. Information on the assessment of microbial load and heavy metal level in vegetables sold in Ibadan ...