Publications
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| forensic anthropology in turkey. | research in skeletal biology has a long history in turkey, but the shift towards the study of contemporary people has recently been stimulated by the need for appropriate techniques for forensic application. there is an increasing need for data to determine if population-specific standards for age and stature estimation and sex determination are necessary and if so, to develop them. the purpose of this paper is to outline the development of forensic anthropology in turkey. as has been the case e ... | 1994 | 7927089 |
| [microscopic studies of the skin of turkish angora goats. iii. cyclic annual growth of the sebaceous glands and hypodermis]. | the study describes circannual variations of growth in sebaceous glands and hypodermis. the results have been obtained by light microscopical and lipid histochemical methods. the sebaceous glands showed high secretory activities during the summer months, obviously as related to increasing fibre lengths. the hypodermis was thickest by fat accumulation during summer, as probably connected with high growth rates of the hair follicles. the findings are discussed with regard to the general, seasonall ... | 1994 | 7956808 |
| acute rheumatic fever in children in the ankara area in 1990-1992 and comparison with a previous study in 1980-1989. | two hundred and twenty-eight patients with acute rheumatic fever (arf), who were admitted to dr sami ulus children's hospital between january 1990 and november 1992, were evaluated. compared with the 1980s, an increase in the frequency of the disease was observed. the majority of patients (56.5%) were between 9 and 12 years old and 36.8% were admitted in winter. one hundred patients had arthritis only, 59 carditis and 40 chorea; 5 had carditis and chorea and 24 had arthritis and carditis. ninete ... | 1994 | 7981564 |
| organochlorine pesticide contaminants in human adipose tissue collected in ankara (turkey) 1991-1992. | 1994 | 8000176 | |
| prevalence of childhood asthma and allergic diseases in ankara, turkey. | the first epidemiologic survey of the prevalence of childhood asthma and other allergic disease in ankara, turkey, was done in may 1992. a questionnaire on factors influencing the atopic status and allergic symptoms was distributed to parents of 1226 children aged 6-12 years. in this questionnaire, parents were asked to give information about physician-diagnosed asthma and atopic dermatitis (ad), and self-reported wheezing and rhinoconjunctivitis (perennial or seasonal). the overall response rat ... | 1994 | 8074272 |
| pathways to psychiatric care in ankara. | this paper describes the pathways that patients take to reach psychiatric services in ankara. a total of 582 patients were seen in a calendar month in seven centres, two of them being child psychiatric clinics. the pathway in ankara, unlike may other centres in europe, is dominated by direct referrals. only 4% of patients in our sample contacted their general practitioner (gp) first, compared with 42% who first saw hospital doctors and 53% who came direct. religious healers appeared in the pathw ... | 1994 | 8085182 |
| regional differences in hip fracture risk in turkey. | the aims of this study were to compare the incidence of hip fracture in different regions of turkey and to investigate causes for potential differences. hip fracture cases from two cities (istanbul and ankara) and three rural regions (samsun, erzurum and diyarbakir) were compared with non-fractured controls from the same area with similar age and of the same sex. the risk of hip fracture was higher among persons living in rural areas than among persons living in urban areas, rr = 3.2 (p < 0.001) ... | 1993 | 8110523 |
| the frequency of multiple births in central anatolia. | the purposes of the present study were to contribute additional data regarding the frequency of multiple births in ankara, and to reassess both the relation between maternal age and twinning, and the inter-relation between twinning and seasonality. the frequency of twinning was found to be 0.0084858 +/- 0.00028 (0.85%), triplets 0.0001087 +/- 0.000031 (0.011%), and quadruplets 0.000009 (0.0009%). it is observed that there is a correlation between the frequency of twinning, maternal age and parit ... | 1993 | 8160276 |
| carbohydrate histochemistry of skin glands in the turkish angora goat. | the skin glands of the general body surface of the turkish angora goat were studied by means of selected carbohydrate histochemical methods, in particular several po-lectin procedures. both gland types exhibited intensive secretion production, irrespective of season and body region. the different histochemical staining procedures demonstrated that glycoconjugates, especially neutral glycoproteins are present in the secretory cells and secretion products of the apocrine glands. the peroxidase (po ... | 1993 | 8217467 |
| rupture of the uterus in labor: a review of 150 cases. | we analyzed 150 cases of uterine rupture in late pregnancy that occurred over an 8-year period at the state maternity hospital in ankara, turkey. the incidence of uterine rupture was 1 in 966 deliveries, and 114 uterine ruptures occurred in previously scarred uteri. rupture of the unscarred uterus is a more catastrophic event. there is a marked difference in fetal and maternal outcome between the group with a previously scarred uterus and the group without a previous scar. common etiological fac ... | 1993 | 8244663 |
| analysis of 572 cases of adolescent pregnancy in z.h. maternity hospital, ankara, turkey. | 1993 | 8376643 | |
| [demonstration of cytomegalovirus (cmv) igg and igm in homosexuals and transsexuals using elisa]. | in this study, 27 sera which belong to 15 homosexuals and 12 transsexuals have been searched for cmv igg and cmv igm antibodies with elisa. 25 transsexuals and homosexuals were within 18-30 age group and the other two transsexuals were 36 years old. 12 cases of transsexuals have been operated on vaginoplasty before this search. these cases have been given anamnesis with generally continuing sexual course after they were 12 years old. there weren't important clinical signs and symptoms in 27 case ... | 1993 | 8388984 |
| pediatric orbital tumors in turkey. | a retrospective review of 376 pediatric orbital tumor cases seen at the ankara university eye clinic between 1963 and 1993 was undertaken. the diagnosis was made histologically in every case. secondary tumors accounted for 127 cases (33.8%), cystic lesions for 82 cases (21.8%), rhabdomyosarcomas for 23 cases (6.1%), vascular lesions for 21 cases (5.6%), inflammatory lesions for 21 cases (5.6%), lymphoma and leukemias for 18 cases (4.8%), other mesenchymal tumors for 11 cases (2.9%), metastatic t ... | 1995 | 8541261 |
| risk factors related to locoregional recurrence in squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. | a retrospective analysis was performed to identify the risk factors associated with development of locoregional recurrent disease in patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. step-wise logistic regression analysis was used in this study, which consisted of 1,039 patients treated from january 1980 to december 1989 at ankara oncology hospital. locoregional recurrence occurred in 187 (18%) of these patients within a mean disease-free period of 15 months. age, sex, anatomical locati ... | 1996 | 8606543 |
| epidemiological survey of burns treated in ankara, turkey and desirable burn-prevention strategies. | from 1 january 1979 to 31 december 1993, 1109 patients were admitted to our burn unit located at hacettepe university. of the patients, 638 (57.5 per cent) were children (under the age of 16 years). the male to female ratio was 1.4:1 in children, and was approximately 2.6:1 for patients over 16 years of age. of the 638 paediatric patients, 67 (10.5 per cent) sustained electrical burns. the causes of injury in the remaining 571 cases (89.5 per cent) were hot liquids in 379 (66.4 per cent of the n ... | 1995 | 8747734 |
| ophthalmic screening of school children in ankara. | ophthalmic screening was done on 23,810 children visited at schools in different regions of ankara. children with below normal visual acuity were invited to the outpatient department and had a full routine ocular examination. thirty-nine nursery and primary schools were selected, ten of them private, eleven average state schools, seven good state schools and eleven village schools. among the 23,810 children, 3095 (13%) had various pathology; 1516 were girls, 1579 boys. refractive errors were fou ... | 1995 | 8845687 |
| the frequency of resistance to erythromycin in group a streptococci in ankara. | the frequency of resistance to erythromycin of group a beta-haemolytic streptococci in the last 7 years was determined in three medical centres in ankara. while all group a beta-haemolytic streptococci strains were susceptible to penicillin, a gradual increase in resistance to erythromycin until 1992 was observed. however, a substantial increase in erythromycin resistance occurred in 1993 when newer macrolides became available and were widely used in the latter part of 1992. conclusion: the data ... | 1996 | 8874111 |
| acute endophthalmitis outbreak after cataract surgery. | to evaluate the source of organisms causing an epidemic of postoperative endophthalmitis and to emphasize the importance of prompt intervention with an early diagnosis. | 1996 | 8915810 |
| prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in turkish university students in ankara. | an epidemiological study was performed in the students of hacettepe university from various parts of turkey to find the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases and search for geographical differences in turkey. a questionnaire related with symptoms of asthma and allergic diseases was distributed to 4600 students and filled by 4331 students (1884 males, 43.5%-2447 females, 56.5%). periodic prevalence of asthma or allergic disease during the last 12 months was 13.5%. the prevalence of awakening ... | 1996 | 8939270 |
| the seroprevalence of hepatitis b, hepatitis c and human immunodeficiency virus infections in paediatric oncology patients in turkey. | one hundred and two newly diagnosed children with malignancy followed up at the pediatric oncology department of ankara oncology hospital were investigated for hepatitis b, hepatitis c and human immunodeficiency virus markers. the ages ranged between seven months and 17 years with a median of 10 years; 62 were male. twenty-four patients had hodgkin's disease, 11 had non-hodgkin's lymphoma and 67 patients had other solid tumours. four patients had positive hbs-ag, 15 developed immunity against he ... | 1996 | 8977943 |
| prevalence of trichomonas vaginalis in prostitutes in turkey. | prostitutes are an important group for the transmission of a number of sexually transmitted diseases (std) all over the world. infection with t. vaginalis is one of the most common. in this study, the incidence and diagnostic procedures for trichomonas vaginalis infection as one of the sexually transmitted diseases (std's) have been studied. in legal prostitutes in ankara, turkey, 64 (25%) of 225 vaginal wet smears were positive for t. vaginalis. there was no significant difference between the d ... | 1996 | 8996719 |
| changing patterns of the prevalence of different shigella species and their antibiotic susceptibilities in ankara, turkey. | shigella flexneri was the most common shigella serogroup isolated in turkey. recently, an increase in the number of shigella sonnei isolates was noticed. a retrospective analysis of 2,710 isolates, obtained from stools of turkish children between january 1980 and september 1994, revealed that, between 1980 and 1987, s. flexneri was the most common subgroup. the isolation rate of s. sonneri increased steadily from 1987 to 1994 reaching to a peak of 78% of all isolates in 1991. the antibiotic susc ... | 1996 | 9019012 |
| lead levels in deciduous teeth of children from urban and suburban regions in ankara (turkey). | 1996 | 9026151 | |
| prevalence of allergic diseases and influencing factors in primary-school children in the ankara region of turkey. | we have studied the prevalence of atopic disease, by questionnaire, in 3024 primary-school children from three different socioeconomic levels in ankara. physical examinations were also performed on these children. the cumulative prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, and atopic eczema was 6.9%, 11.7%, 4.6%, and 2.6%, respectively. allergic rhinitis was more common in children older than 10 years. most of the symptoms of asthmatic patients began in the first 3 years of ... | 1997 | 9033437 |
| the significance of pre-epiglottic space invasion in supraglottic laryngeal carcinomas. | it is widely accepted that tumoral invasion of the pre-epiglottic space (pes) has a significant prognostic importance in supraglottic laryngeal carcinomas. the lymphatics of the supraglottic larynx drain to cervical lymph nodes via the pes. since the supraglottic larynx is an embryological unit that contains the pes, malignant lesions of this region must be resected with en bloc surgery, including the pes. tumors with pes invasion are already considered to be t3 in tnm staging. the purpose of th ... | 1997 | 9065642 |
| the prevalence of allergic diseases in primary school children in edirne, turkey. | allergic diseases present a major health burden for children as shown by the rising morbidity and increased mortality from asthma. information on the prevalences of allergic disorders and contributing factors as well will help to establish feasible measures to change this trend, and more efficient assignment of the limited health resources. | 1997 | 9088652 |
| the effects of different factors on lipid and lipoprotein levels in school age children: results of a study in ankara. | 1997 | 9131704 | |
| dissemination of a single clone of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among turkish hospitals. | a collection of 39 methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) stains derived from six different hospitals in ankara and one hospital in barsa, turkey, were analyzed by multiple genotyping. in agreement with the other genotyping assays, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of dna macrorestriction fragments identified genetic homogeneity among all mrsa isolates studies. it is concluded that a major clone of mrsa has spread through a large part of turkey, causing longitudinally persistent colon ... | 1997 | 9157167 |
| environmental pollution and carcinogenic risk. | in this study, the relationship between environmental pollution and environmental carcinogens has been investigated. there is an alarming increase of diverse natural and man-made carcinogens in consumer goods and industrial wastes. research carried out in ankara and istanbul has found detergents and arsenic in the drinking water to be 140 times higher than the world health organization (who standards. in addition, air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, particles, and fumes have been determined t ... | 1996 | 9216793 |
| [risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in turks in amsterdam and in ankara]. | to determine the prevalence of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease in turks in amsterdam and in ankara, and to compare the results obtained in these two groups with each other and also with those obtained in a group of indigenous dutch residents living in the same districts. | 1997 | 9273453 |
| honey allergy and rhinitis in ankara, turkey. | 1997 | 9284993 | |
| test-retest reliability of the alcohol and drug use disorder sections of the schedules for clinical assessment in neuropsychiatry (scan). | this report presents the results of a test-retest reliability study of the alcohol and drug dependence, as well as harmful use/abuse were investigated in ankara, turkey and farmington, connecticut (us). reliabilities for the past year, prior to past year, and lifetime diagnosis of alcohol and drug use disorders were evaluated using icd-io, dsm-iii-r and dsm-iv criteria. the results indicate that scan alcohol and drug diagnosis have good to excellent levels of reliability for dependence across di ... | 1997 | 9306044 |
| the prevalence of self-reported asthma and respiratory symptoms in ankara, turkey. | the prevalence of self-reported asthma was studied in a group of turkish adults using the european community respiratory health survey (ecrhs) questionnaire distributed during 1994 local elections in ankara, turkey. a total of 2020 questionnaires were issued and 1820(90%) were returned. the mean age of the subjects was 34.5 +/- 10.2 years. the prevalence of wheezing at any time in the past was 39.1% which is much higher than has been reported in the literature. however, only 21.7% of the study p ... | 1997 | 9338048 |
| perennial and seasonal rhinitis in ankara, turkey. | 1997 | 9360762 | |
| heights and weights of primary school children of different social background in ankara, turkey. | a cross-sectional anthropometric survey was carried out in a low socio-economic and high socio-economic region of ankara, turkey, to measure the weights and heights of school children. the study group consisted of 5289 children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. both boys and girls from the high socio-economic group had superior body measurements compared to those of the low socio-economic group. the difference between the mean weight for age values of two groups was statistically significant ( ... | 1997 | 9364129 |
| understanding childhood (problem) behaviors from a cultural perspective: comparison of problem behaviors and competencies in turkish immigrant, turkish and dutch children. | parents' reports of problem behaviors in 2,081 dutch children, 3,127 turkish children in ankara and 833 turkish immigrant children living in the netherlands, aged 4-18 years, were compared. dutch and turkish versions of the child behavior checklist (cbcl) were used. immigrant children were scored higher than dutch children on 6 of the 11 cbcl scales, most markedly on the anxious/depressed scale. immigrant children were scored higher than ankara children on five cbcl scales. however, these differ ... | 1997 | 9409164 |
| the correlation between prostate-specific antigen and age. analysis of prostate-specific antigen values from 4,846 turkish men with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia. | to analyze serum prostate-specific antigen (psa) levels of men proven to have benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph) and to document any correlation between psa, age and resected or enucleated prostate tissue. | 1997 | 9412798 |
| carbon monoxide poisoning related to the use of steam coal in poorly ventilated bucket stoves. | during the years 1986 to 1990, an increasing number of cases of acute carbon monoxide (co) poisoning were encountered in the emergency department hacettepe university hospital in ankara, turkey. between january 1 and march 31, 1991, all the patients presenting with complaints compatible with co poisoning were evaluated; the diagnosis was confirmed in 55 of the 5795 people who attended the emergency department during this period. in all cases the source of co intoxication was determined. among th ... | 1995 | 9422189 |
| self-concept and body image of turkish high school male athletes and nonathletes. | this study was conducted to determine the differences in self-concept and body image satisfaction and the relation between self-concept and body image among 174 turkish high school male athletes and 174 nonathletes. the subjects were randomly selected from public high schools which represent middle socioeconomic status in ankara. the harter self-perception profile for adolescents and berscheid, walster, and bohrnstedt's body image questionnaire were administered to all participants. significant ... | 1997 | 9426817 |
| leptospirosis: twelve turkish patients with the weil syndrome. | twelve cases of leptospirosis followed by the infectious diseases clinic of the cukurova university medical school, adana, turkey, between january 1994 and november 1995 are reported. included are their clinical manifestation, laboratory findings and serotype. nine men and three women with an average age of 40.4 years were studied. symptoms, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and treatment of the disease are evaluated. all of the patients had fever and chills and the following symptoms ... | 1997 | 9439777 |
| review of suicide studies in turkey. | official statistics in turkey show that 3.33 per 100,000 population aged 15 years or over commit suicide every year. suicides are more frequent in the cities and in the western part of the country. although suicide rates are much lower than in western europe, suicide attempt rates reached comparable levels, around 145 per 100,000, in ankara in 1995. studies on the attitudes among the public and among psychiatrists reveal reluctance to face this growing problem. | 1997 | 9455001 |
| molecular and population genetic analyses of beta-thalassemia in turkey. | in this report we describe the molecular analysis of 795 chromosomes derived from unrelated turkish beta-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia carriers identified in hematology clinics in istanbul, ankara, izmir, adana, and antalya. the determination of the molecular pathology of 754 beta-thalassemia and 42 abnormal hemoglobin genes and analysis of the frequency distribution in six distinct regions of turkey was accomplished. the experimental strategy, based on pcr amplification of the beta-globin ... | 1998 | 9495372 |
| status of tick infestation of sheep and goats in turkey. | results of the identification and prevalence of ticks collected from 5,887 sheep, 2,125 goats and 1,079 stables during the period of 2 years in ankara and elazig provinces, turkey, are given together with a map showing the areas surveyed. distribution of ticks in the provinces is reported as well. | 1997 | 9530700 |
| the last 10 years in a burn centre in ankara, turkey: an analysis of 5264 cases. | this is a retrospective study analysing 5264 patients treated in the burn centre at gülhane military medical academy from 1 january 1986 to 31 december 1995. our burn centre is not only the first, but one of the best established and supported in turkey. our present study has the largest patient group of other previously published studies from turkey. of the total patients studied, 4464 patients had minor burns and were treated on an outpatient basis and 800 patients had moderate to major burns. ... | 1997 | 9568329 |
| life and value orientations of turkish university students. | this study investigated the value orientations of optimists and pessimists and the value structures of each group. the life orientation test and the rokeach value survey were administered to 285 university students in ankara, turkey. results indicated that there were differences in the value orientations of optimists and pessimists. the examination of value structures of optimists and pessimists revealed that optimists were likely to give priority to self-expansion, while pessimists tended towar ... | 1998 | 9583673 |
| male involvement in family planning in turkey. | many men in turkey are motivated to use contraception and to share responsibility for family planning with their wives. about half the couples practising family planning use male-dependent methods. men commonly use traditional methods, predominantly withdrawal, and should be treated as a specific target group in family planning programmes in order to motivate them to use modern methods. | 1998 | 9610246 |
| prevalence of asthma symptoms in school children in ankara, turkey. | the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of symptoms suggestive of asthma in children aged 7-14 years in ankara, turkey. for this purpose, the recently developed isaac (international study for asthma and allergies in childhood) questionnaire supplemented with six additional questions was issued to parents of 3154 primary school children from 12 schools. a separate page with questions regarding risk factors was also added to the questionnaire. the response rate was 88.3%. the cumulat ... | 1998 | 9616513 |
| low overall mortality of turkish residents in germany persists and extends into a second generation: merely a healthy migrant effect? | to test the hypothesis that as a minority with lower socio-economic status, turkish residents in germany might experience a higher mortality than germans. | 1998 | 9623931 |
| [history of the turkish angora goat with remarks on the wild ancestor of the domestic coat]. | the study describes the ancient (3000 b.c.-15th/16th century a.d.) and the more recent (16th-20th century a.d.) history of the turkish angora goat as based on a broad and intensive evaluation of relevant literature. moreover, important structural features of the typical biotope of this caprine breed are explained, essential basic information from a comparative zoological point of view is added with regard to the development of goat domestication, and specific details relating to the history of c ... | 1998 | 9626740 |
| attempted suicides in ankara in 1995. | 1998 | 9639973 | |
| evaluation of reproductive outcomes in women inadvertently exposed to hexachlorobenzene in southeastern turkey in the 1950s. | in southeastern turkey during the period of 1955-57, women were accidentally exposed to the fungicide hexachlorobenzene (hcb) after eating contaminated seed grain and developed porphyria cutanea tarda (pct). while hcb has been shown to be a potent oocyte toxicant in primates and has been identified as an ovarian follicular fluid contaminant in women, its effect on human reproduction is poorly understood. this study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of hcb on women with a known high dose exp ... | 1998 | 9717698 |
| drug resistance of shigella strains isolated in ankara, turkey, 1993-1996. | 289 shigella strains were isolated from children at the paediatrics department of ankara university. 75% of the isolates were s. sonnei and 24.8% were s. flexneri. each strain was tested for resistance to 9 antimicrobial agents. 79% of the isolates were resistant to streptomycin (s), 56% to tetracycline (t), 55.7% to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (sxt), 27.7% to ampicillin (am) and 19.7% to chloramphenicol (c). none of the isolates was resistant to ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid, cephalothin, amp ... | 1998 | 9817513 |
| serotypes and antibacterial susceptibility of pneumococci isolated from children with infections in ankara in relation to proposed pneumococcal vaccine coverage. | streptococcus pneumoniae is an important pathogen for both children and adults. although there is an effective vaccine, it is not protective under 2 years of age and common serotypes differ from one location to another. | 1998 | 9821702 |
| deletion polymorphism at the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene in turkish patients with coronary artery disease. | coronary artery disease (cad) is a multifactorial disease in which genetic and environmental factors play an important role. these factors differ in each population. this study was carried out to determine whether there is an association between insertion/deletion (i/d) polymorphism and cad in turkish patients from ankara. an i/d polymorphism in intron 16 of the gene coding for the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ace) has been used to study the role of this gene in the aetiology of coronary ather ... | 1998 | 9832341 |
| prognostic significance of pcna expression in laryngeal cancer. | to assess the prognostic value of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (pcna) in laryngeal carcinoma and its relation with other known prognostic clinicopathologic variables. | 1998 | 9865753 |
| environmentally-induced malignant pleural mesothelioma and hla distribution in turkey. | a large university hospital in ankara, turkey. | 1998 | 9869119 |
| urinary cyclophosphamide excretion and micronuclei frequencies in peripheral lymphocytes and in exfoliated buccal epithelial cells of nurses handling antineoplastics. | in this study, urinary cyclophosphamide (cp) excretion rate, as well as micronuclei (mn) in peripheral lymphocytes and in buccal epithelial cells were determined for 26 nurses handling antineoplastics and 14 referents matched for age and sex. in urine samples of 20 out of 25 exposed nurses cp excretion rate was found in a range of 0.02-9.14 microg cp/24 h. our results of the analyses of cp in urine demonstrates that when the nurses were handling cp (and other antineoplastic drugs) this particula ... | 1999 | 10029685 |
| an assessment of fertility in boron-exposed turkish subpopulations: 2. evidence that boron has no effect on human reproduction. | in order to assess the effects of boron and its compounds on human health in a country with the world's largest deposits, investigations were carried out on fertility and reproduction in the most highly exposed populations. the 927 probands, 697 male and 230 female, interviewed in the field were selected from six different areas of turkey, in the provinces of balikesir, eskisehir, and kutahya, with the highest boron deposits. these people are exposed to boron environmentally or occupationally or ... | 1998 | 10050934 |
| recognition of cigarette brand names and logos by primary schoolchildren in ankara, turkey. | to assess the smoking behaviour of primary schoolchildren and their ability to recognise brand names and logos of widely advertised cigarettes, compared with other commercial products intended for children. | 1998 | 10093173 |
| sexual harassment of female nurses in a hospital in turkey. | sexual harassment has been identified as a universal factor that can affect nursing performance and work productivity in any type of health care facility. few studies in the area of sexual harassment have been conducted in developing countries, and this is the first study of its type to be conducted in the country of turkey. the general purpose of this study is to examine whether the problem of sexual harassment truly is "universal' and to begin to address whether it exists among female nurses i ... | 1996 | 10162521 |
| the prevalence of allergic diseases and atopy in ankara, turkey: a two-step population-based epidemiological study. | to assess the prevalence of allergic diseases and atopy in adults, a two-step population-based epidemiological study was undertaken in ankara, the capital city of turkey. in step 1, a screening questionnaire adapted from the european community respiratory health survey (ecrhs) was applied in a cross-sectional manner. in step 2, a nested case-controlled design study was conducted and subjects were evaluated in the clinical setting for history, physical examination, skin prick tests (spts), and se ... | 1999 | 10350225 |
| helicobacter pylori associated gastric pathology in patients with type ii diabetes mellitus and its relationship with gastric emptying: the ankara study. | helicobacter pylori (hp) is the most common cause of nonerosive nonspecific gastritis. gastric and duadenal ulcer both are found to be associated with hp infection. another consequence of hp infection is that it may progress to chronic atrophic gastritis which is a well recognized risk factor for adenocarcinoma of the stomach. so by extension, hp infection can be accepted as a risk factor for gastric cancer. from this aspect, identification of risk groups is increasingly important. it is well-kn ... | 1999 | 10376441 |
| the isolation of certain pathogen microorganisms from raw milk. | in this research, a total of 211 raw milk samples in different areas of ankara were collected from various dairy plants. each of these samples was tested for the presence of yersinia enterocolitica, listeria monocytogenes and campylobacter spp. from a total of 14 (6.63%) y. enterocolitica and y. enterocolitica-like organisms were isolated. 8 (3.79%) of the total isolation were identified as y. enterocolitica whereas 6 (2.84%) of these were found to be y. enterocolitica-like organisms. in additio ... | 1999 | 10499148 |
| seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection among children and females in ankara, turkey, 1995. | cytomegalovirus (cmv) is the most frequent known cause of congenital viral infections in humans. cytomegalovirus is endemic throughout the world, affecting most of the population where the seroprevalence of cmv igg is known to vary among countries. | 1999 | 10530062 |
| etiological and demographical characteristics of acute adult poisoning in ankara, turkey. | 1. the aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate etiological and demographical characteristics of acute adult poisoning patients during 1 year at a university hospital in ankara, turkey. 2. two-hundred and twenty-eight adults (of which 180 were suicidal poisoning cases) were admitted to the emergency center with acute poisonings. this was 0.7% of all emergency admissions. the female-to-male ratio was 3:1, and the majority of patients (63.6%) were below the age of 25 years. 3. drugs were th ... | 1999 | 10557012 |
| costing of an ambulance system in a developing country, turkey: costs of ankara emergency aid and rescue services' (ears) ambulance system. | the purposes of the study were to determine the total cost of ankara emergency aid and rescue services (ears), to calculate the cost of a single ambulance response and the cost per patient responded to. a descriptive study was planned to find out the cost of ankara ears, conducted between 1 october 1995 and 30 september 1996. the main variables of the study were the capital and recurrent costs of the system. the data relating to the costs were obtained from financial registries of various health ... | 1999 | 10646926 |
| sources of self-identity among turkish adolescents. | as part of the international self-identity research project, this study explored sources of identity among turkish adolescents. the interview sample consisted of three male and three female high school students in ankara, turkey. the results indicated that social, familial, personal, physical, and moral-ethical dimensions contributed to adolescents' definitions of self, but to different degrees. social and familial dimensions were very influential and were used as reference points for defining s ... | 1999 | 10658861 |
| effect of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4g/5g polymorphism in turkish deep vein thrombotic patients with and without fv1691 g-a. | a decreased fibrinolytic activity due to increased levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 has been shown in deep vein thrombosis patients. elevated plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 levels are associated with the 4g allele of a 4g/5g polymorphism located in the promoter region of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene. because there is no existing data in the turkish population, we aimed to study these mutations in patients with deep vein thrombosis (n = 136) and normal controls ... | 2000 | 10674409 |
| prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in primary school children in ankara, turkey: two cross-sectional studies, five years apart. | the prevalence of allergic diseases is reported to have increased worldwide. two questionnaire surveys, five years apart, were conducted to evaluate the trend of prevalence rates and possible risk factors among primary school children in ankara, turkey. a previous survey in 1992 revealed the lifetime prevalences of asthma, wheezing, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis were 17.4%, 23.3%, 28% and 6.1%, and the prevalences for the last 12 months were 8.3%, 11.9%, 15.4% and 4%, respectively. the ... | 1999 | 10678723 |
| sensitization to aeroallergens in ankara, turkey. | 1999 | 10688443 | |
| urban co exposure and its health effects on traffic policemen in ankara. | carbon monoxide (co) is an important component of air pollution caused by traffic exhaust fumes. co can cause chronic poisoning which shows its first symptoms as headaches, blurry vision, difficulty in concentration, and confusion. with the increasing number of vehicles in metropolitan areas of turkey, the co level has also increased in the city air as is the case in the capital city of ankara, especially at certain locations. as far as the effects of co on humans are concerned, traffic policeme ... | 2000 | 10702329 |
| rudolf nissen's years in bosphorus and the pioneers of thoracic surgery in turkey. | rudolph nissen is one of the most distinguished pioneers in thoracic surgery, well known for his pneumonectomy operation performed for the first time in surgical history. he migrated to istanbul like most of his contemporary colleagues, avoiding the fascist regime in germany in the 1930s. he was enthusiastically welcomed in turkey and appointed as the chief of the first surgery clinic in istanbul university in 1933. he worked with discipline and in cooperation with his turkish colleagues, such a ... | 2000 | 10735729 |
| cardiovascular mortality patterns in turkey: what is the evidence? | in turkey, reliable cause-specific mortality data are not available. it is thus unknown whether ischaemic heart disease (as in western europe and the us) or stroke (as in the far east) is the prevailing cause of cardiovascular death. this information, however, is required for planning cardiovascular prevention programmes. we analyse available turkish national cause-of-death data as well as patterns of cardiovascular mortality in a hospital in ankara and among turkish migrants in germany. accordi ... | 2000 | 10743029 |
| prevalence of toxocara spp. eggs in the soil of public parks in ankara, turkey. | one hundred and seventy soil samples from forty-six public parks in ankara area were examined to determine the level of contamination with toxocara spp. eggs. 30.6% of the 170 soil samples were contaminated with toxocara spp. eggs. the number of eggs in the positive soil samples varied from 1 to 10. a high proportion of the eggs was fully embryonated. the findings demonstrate the common occurrence of these eggs in locations likely to be important in the transmission of visceral larva migrans. of ... | 2000 | 10743338 |
| rheumatic heart disease prevalence among schoolchildren in ankara, turkey. | rheumatic heart disease (rhd) continues to be a common health problem in the developing world. although little longitudinal data are available, evidence suggests that there has been little if any decline in the occurrence of rhd over the past few decades. there are only a few population surveys available in turkey for prevalence of rhd. this survey was undertaken to estimate its prevalence among schoolchildren and changes over the last 20 years in the capital, ankara. in ankara, 4,086 schoolchil ... | 1999 | 10770659 |
| identity confusion and depression in groups of adolescents having psychiatric and physical symptoms. | the aim of this study was to investigate the identity status of adolescents having psychiatric and physical symptoms and the relation of depression with identity problems in adolescence. three groups of university students were given a sociodemographic questionnaire, beck depression inventory (bdi) and sense of identity assessment form (siaf). the first group consisted of 31 students who were seen by the consultant psychiatrist at the student health center of a university in ankara. the second g ... | 1999 | 10770679 |
| change in value orientations of turkish youth from 1989 to 1995. | the purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in value orientations of turkish youth from 1989 to 1995 and to see how changes in turkish society affected the value orientations of turkish youth. the rokeach value survey (rvs; m. rokeach, 1973) was administered in ankara to 289 young people in 1989, to 318 young people in 1992, and to 397 young people in 1995. results indicated that the value orientations of the turkish youth in 1989 underwent major changes that were manifested in 1992 ... | 2000 | 10907707 |
| mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in turkey, 1976-97. | drug-resistant tuberculosis is increasing day by day and is a significant threat to tuberculosis control because there are few drugs effective against mycobacterium tuberculosis. this study evaluates the resistance of the microorganism to primary anti-tuberculosis drugs over the 21-y period 1976-97. records from the bacteriology laboratory of the department of chest diseases and tuberculosis, ankara university medical faculty were evaluated retrospectively. among 3,418 mycobacteria strains, 3,31 ... | 2000 | 11055655 |
| the narrative approach in teaching medical ethics: the turkish experience. | the deontology and medical history departments in turkey teach medical ethics education. these departments were first established by medical historians and for the time being the staff is primarily interested in deontology. the department of deontology in the faculty of medicine at ankara university is the first department in turkey to teach medical ethics. in 1974, issues including medical ethics were included in the current curriculum for the medical deontology and medical history course, but ... | 2000 | 11143879 |
| the results of anterior radical debridement and anterior instrumentation in pott's disease and comparison with other surgical techniques. | classic procedure in the treatment of vertebral tuberculosis is drainage of the abscess, curettage of the devitalized vertebra and application of antituberculous chemotherapy regimen. posterior instrumentation results are encouraging in the prevention or treatment of late kyphosis; however, a second stage operation is needed. recently, posterolateral or transpedicular drainage without anterior drainage or posterior instrumentation following anterior drainage in the same session is preferred to a ... | 2000 | 11193503 |
| an ethical insight into nursing research in turkey. | scientific and technological improvements are accomplished only because of much research. the increase in the number of research studies causes a rise in ethical problems. nursing research is no exception to this. the aim of this study is to identify and analyse ethical problems in nursing studies. this research is descriptive and partly analytical. it is retrospective in the sense that 169 master of science and 66 doctoral theses written between 1972 and 1998 in the department of nursing, insti ... | 2000 | 11221406 |
| measurement of patient satisfaction in a public hospital in ankara. | this article communicates the results of a patient satisfaction survey administered to 420 adults discharged from a major public hospital in turkey. the direct measurement of patient satisfaction is a relatively new phenomenon for this country. a system was designed similar to those available in the us and was applied during an exit interview. three areas of analysis were identified: accessibility and availability of services, perceived quality of patient care and organizational and administrati ... | 2001 | 11246782 |
| cost of nosocomial infection in turkey: an estimate based on the university hospital data. | nosocomial infections significantly affect the resource needs of hospitalized patients. they increase the mortality and morbidity of affected individuals and expose hospital staff to increased risk of infection. to estimate the additional resources needed in the hospital sector to deal with such infections, a sample of infection cases was selected from the hacettepe university hospital in ankara, turkey. each case of nosocomial infection was matched with a noninfected case after controlling for ... | 2001 | 11246784 |
| a survey on organochlorine pesticide residues in butter and cracked wheat available in turkish markets. | this study has been conducted with a view to examine the level of organochlorine pesticide residues which are quintozene (pcnb), dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (p,p'-ddt), dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (p,p'-dde) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethane (p,p'-ddd), exiting in butter and cracked wheat sold in ankara local markets. thus, the use of some pesticides is restricted due to the factors such as the environmental pollution and for saving the health of consumers. therefore, the aim of thi ... | 2001 | 11253639 |
| determination of daily living activities of retired officers. | the aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the daily living activities and health status of retired military officers residing in ankara, turkey (n = 865). the study participants were scored according to their activities of daily living (adl) and instrumental activities of daily living (iadl). for this purpose, adl and iadl indexes were used. groups formed as a result of the answers to these questionnaires were compared with each other according to their distinct features. it was found ... | 2001 | 11263031 |
| tetanus igg antibody levels in children aged 12 to 47 months in turkey. | tetanus is a serious disease with high mortality, which is very difficult to treat but can be prevented easily by vaccination. the number of tetanus cases reported in turkey was 42 in 1996 and 51 in 1997. this study was carried out on children aged 12 to 47 months who have vaccination cards in the no. l health centre in batikent district in ankara, turkey. forty-one of the children had received 3 doses (group 1) of tetanus vaccine, and 47 of them had received 4 doses of the vaccine (group 2). an ... | 2001 | 11287881 |
| traditional medicine in turkey x. folk medicine in central anatolia. | traditional medicine used in central anatolia; ankara, kayseri, niğde and south-eastern parts of karaman and konya provinces have been studied. two hundred and ninety one folk remedies obtained from 103 plant species belonging to 40 families and 4 animal species are reported with their vernacular names, parts used, methods of preparing remedies and therapeutic usage. | 2001 | 11297840 |
| ambulance times of ankara emergency aid and rescue services' ambulance system. | the aim of this study was to determine various times related to the ambulance activities of ankara emergency aid and rescue services (ears) and if necessary contribute to the improvement of them. a descriptive study was planned to determine various times related to the ambulance activities of ankara ears. the data was collected by one of the researchers. the study was conducted between 1 october 1995 and 30 september 1996. the variables of the study were: delay time, response time, time at the s ... | 2001 | 11314821 |
| surgical treatment of pulmonary hydatid cysts in children. | ten years' experience is analyzed in pediatric patients with pulmonary hydatid cysts. | 2001 | 11381426 |
| adaptation of the functional independence measure for use in turkey. | to adapt the functional independence measure (fim) for use in turkey and to assess its validity and reliability. | 2001 | 11386402 |
| newborn pku screening in turkey: at present and organization for future. | at present, pkenylketonuria screening is a national child health program in turkey which is carried out collaboratively by the ministry of health and three university children's hospitals in ankara, istanbul and izmir. since 1986 the number of cities included in the screening program has gradually increased, now and it covers all the metropolises the country. a total of 383 babies were found with persistent hyperphenylalaninemia (1:4,172) among 1,605,582 babies screened by the guthrie test at th ... | 2001 | 11432505 |
| risk factors resulting in conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery. | laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the standard treatment for symptomatic gallbladder diseases. however, there still is a substantial proportion of patients in whom laparoscopic cholecystectomy cannot be successfully performed, and for whom conversion to open surgery is required. | 2001 | 11443475 |
| drug resistance of salmonella strains isolated from community infections in ankara, turkey, 1993-99. | 160 salmonella strains were isolated from children at the paediatrics department of ankara university. 48.1% of the isolates were salmonella enteritidis, 41.9% salmonella typhimurium and 10% other serotypes. for the analysis of data, the study period was divided into 2 periods: 1993-95 and 1996-99. a decline in the isolation rate of s. typhimurium (from 63.1% to 30.1%) and rapid rise in s. enteritidis (from 31.6% to 57.3) was observed during the review period. however, for s. typhimurium isolate ... | 2001 | 11450860 |
| nurses' and physicians' views about euthanasia. | nurses' and physicians' views about euthanasia were investigated using a questionnaire that was answered by 113 nurses and 83 physicians in the internal medicine and surgery inpatient services of hacettepe university adult hospital, ankara, turkey. the data were evaluated with chi-square statistical test and percentages. the study results showed that both nurses and physicians define euthanasia as "a person's right to die." nurses responded that euthanasia may be appropriate with terminally ill ... | 2001 | 11458318 |
| moderate to severe iodine deficiency in three endemic goitre areas from the black sea region and the capital of turkey. | endemic goitre is still an important and underestimated health concern in turkey. the overall prevalence had been calculated as 30.3% by palpation in a national survey conducted in 1995. however, direct evidence that iodine deficiency (id) is the major cause of the endemic were lacking until now. we measured sonographic thyroid volumes (stv), urinary iodine concentrations (uic) in 1226 school age children (sac) (9-11 year old) from ankara the capital of turkey located in the central anatolia, an ... | 2000 | 11484802 |
| screening for tuberculosis in a primary school in ankara. | tuberculosis is still an important health problem in developing countries. a screening program was conducted upon learning that one of the teachers of a primary school in ankara was diagnosed to have active pulmonary tuberculosis. a total of 341 students in the same building with the index case were screened for tuberculosis. there were 109 students with positive tuberculin test reaction. a higher ratio of tuberculin test positivity among the students of the teacher with active tuberculosis vers ... | 2001 | 11592511 |
| socioeconomically advantaged infants attending a university well-child clinic in ankara: are they breast-feeding optimally? | this longitudinal observational study aimed to determine the rates of initiation, duration and correlates of breast-feeding by mothers living in a socioeconomically advantaged urban environment in turkey. healthy, term infants born at ankara university faculty of medicine hospital who would be brought to the well-child clinic regularly for at least 12 months were enrolled. data on feeding practices were obtained at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th and 12th month well child care visits. brea ... | 2001 | 11592514 |
| tetanus immunization in pregnant women: evaluation of maternal tetanus vaccination status and factors affecting rate of vaccination coverage. | the objectives of this study were to determine the tetanus vaccination status for pregnant women, and to examine the effects of various factors on tetanus toxoid (tt) vaccination coverage during pregnancy in reproductive-age women. four-hundred and ninety-three postpartum women who had live births at a hospital in ankara were interviewed and information was collected on the mothers' sociodemographic characteristics, tt vaccination history, and prenatal care during the pregnancy studied. the rate ... | 2001 | 11593447 |
| depression in children with cancer. | in this study, children with cancer and healthy students between the ages of 9 and 13 were investigated in terms of depression status. a demographic data form and the children's depression inventory were given to both groups. the research group consisted of 50 children with cancer who were followed up in pediatric hematology and oncology outpatient clinics at ankara university. the control group was comprised of 50 healthy students who attended türközü timur primary school. it was found that the ... | 2001 | 11598872 |
| [a brief history of the development of turkish pharmacognosy]. | 1839-1909: the foundation period: the education of pharmacy through the apprenticeship system ended up as a "pharmacology branch" of the "military medical school" which was founded in 1839 in istanbul during the ottoman empire. a "civil pharmacology branch" was founded in 1867. the education of pharmacognosy, called "matiere medicale" and "mufredat-i tip" too, was started during this period. 1909 (1913)-1945: the institutionalization period; the education of pharmacognosy as it is understood tod ... | 1998 | 11624177 |