| association of water-borne diseases morbidity pattern and water quality in parts of ibadan city, nigeria. | occurrence of diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases in cities of developing countries has been on the increase over the decades largely due to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene among human population. this study examined the relationship between the spatial pattern of water-borne diseases vis-a-vis water quality in parts of ibadan city in nigeria. data on 1334 cases of various water-borne diseases was collected from eight public hospitals with catchments covering the study ... | 2009 | 20734698 |
| problems in the clinical diagnosis of typhoid fever in children in the tropics. | between january 1976 and december 1978, the microbiology department of university college hospital (uch) ibadan, isolated salmonella typhi from the blood cultures of 93 children aged 0-14 years, who were admitted to the paediatric wards. clinical case notes were retrieved and reviewed in 64 (68.8%) of them. fifteen (23%) of the 64 children were less than one year of age while 22 (34%) were under the age of five years. the commonest presenting symptoms were fever, anorexia, diarrhoea and vomiting ... | 1981 | 6185069 |
| in-patient psychiatric referrals in a teaching hospital: a case controlled report. | the 77 (47 females, 30 males) in-patient referrals to the psychiatric department of the university college hospital, ibadan, nigeria, over a 1-year period, were compared with a control sample of 75 (45 females, 30 males) unreferred patients. the low referral rate of 0.8%, after excluding deliberate self-harm (relatively infrequent in nigeria), was comparable to reports in western literature. treatable minor psychiatric morbidity, mainly anxiety and depressive disorders, occurred in 41.3% of the ... | 1996 | 9032707 |