| genotoxicity profiles in exfoliated human mammary cells recovered from lactating mothers in istanbul; relationship with demographic and dietary factors. | we have investigated the presence of dna damage in human mammary epithelial cells collected from healthy lactating mothers (age, 20-35 years) who were resident in the istanbul area. breast milk (10ml) was collected from 30 women between one and two weeks post-partum. demographic information (parity, breast cancer, occupation, duration of residency in istanbul, consumption of fish, beef and poultry) was also obtained. milk samples were diluted 1:1 with rpmi 1640 medium and centrifuged to collect ... | 2012 | 22885593 |
| varicella seroprevalence in a random sample of the turkish population. | chicken pox highly contagious and common throughout the world, is an infectious disease caused by varicella zoster virus (vzv). this study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of vzv in a population under age 30 and to identify the relationship of vzv seroprevalence and several characteristics of the study subjects in nine provinces of turkey. the sampling method of 30 clusters recommended for field studies was used for selecting subjects of a pre-determined number in the rural and urba ... | 2002 | 11818162 |
| puberty and influencing factors in schoolgirls living in istanbul: end of the secular trend? | to (1) establish the median ages at menarche and pubertal stages and investigate influential factors and (2) assess the secular trend in reaching puberty in a transitional society. | 2011 | 21669888 |
| prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of thermophilic campylobacter species on beef, mutton, and chicken carcasses in istanbul, turkey. | we investigated the prevalence of contamination of retail-level beef, mutton, and broiler carcasses in istanbul, turkey, by thermophilic campylobacter spp. (tcs) and determined antimicrobial susceptibilities of the tcs strains isolated from these carcasses. from november 2005 to october 2006, 198 beef and 120 mutton carcass excision samples, and 232 chicken carcasses (whole and pieces) were randomly collected from different retail stores and meat-processing plants in istanbul. tcs were isolated ... | 2009 | 19432522 |