| classification of acute bacterial meningitis cases according to their etiology, seen in a children's hospital in ankara from march 1973 to april 1974. | in a 14 months period, as from march 1973 to april 1974 468 cases of acute bacterial meningitis have been diagnosed by c.s.f. findings; namely by examining the protein and sugar content, by the cell counts, gram's staining and culturing of the sediments of c.s.f. 188 cases were proven by culturing to be meningococcic meningitis. all these cases are from the families living in suburban areas of the city under crowded circumstances, which show the importance of population density in the epidemiolo ... | 1976 | 6862 |
| [alpha fetoprotein titers in hbsag positive hospital personnel]. | a survey was carried on the sera secured from the ankara university hospital for hbsag. out of 23 hbsag positive sera, four sera was demonstrated containing high levels of alpha-feto-protein, by haemagglutination test (mochida). the cases were being followed up and within one year, second testing also proved high levels. one of them suffered from hepatitis two years ago and working at gynecology clinic as nurse. | 1979 | 95521 |
| [neo-natal hyperbilirubinemia and g-6-pd ankara deficiency, a new enzymatic variant discovered in a turkish family (author's transl)]. | a g-6-pd deficiency has been found in a turkish male premature with neo-natal hyperbilirubinemia. his parents have no hemolytic antecedents. the propositus has a severe enzym deficiency in erythrocytes, a very decreased activity in leukocytes and platelets. his mother was heterozygous for this variant and his father had no abnormality. the deficient enzym was a new variant: g-6-pd ankara. the main characteristics of this variant were the following: 1 degree severe enzym deficiency in erythrocyte ... | 1975 | 132644 |
| [isolation of salmonellae from streams in and about ankara (author's transl)]. | s.typhimurium, s.paratyphi b, s.typhi were isolated from 132 samples, collected from sewage of eight different regions, by using selenit f, wilson blair and mac conkey media. isolations were done in september, october, november and december. the isolations were 53% positive in these months. it was seen that s.typhimurium was dominant in ankara and widal reaction has to be concidered. | 1977 | 340855 |
| [skin tests with yersinia pseudotuberculosis antigen in turkey (author's transl)]. | intradermal reactions to yersinia pseudotuberculosis antigen are investigated on 2759 persons in different regions of turkey (samsun, antalya, urfa, diyarbakir, hakkâri, ağri, denizli and ankara provinces). this test was found positive in 56 persons. the highest percentage of positive reactions was observed on the people from samsun, diyarbakir and urfa. no positive tests were observed on the people from hakkâri. the skin test results were also investigated and observed considering the time of t ... | 1979 | 399991 |
| [a meningococcal epidemic in ankara]. | the meningococcal meningitis epidemic has been observed in ankara in the last 3 years. cases were from all parts of the country. most of the strains isolated were from group b, while many could not be classified, and some of them were from group c, a and d. because of fewer cases from group a and more from group b and c, the epidemic was not the classical meningococcal meningitis, but an intermediate one. many cases could not be classified with the classical a, b, c, and d antisera. this showed ... | 1977 | 407430 |
| hepatitis bs-antigen among blood donors in ankara. | | 1979 | 547452 |
| [fungal flora of ankara air in the morning and evening (author's transl)]. | the fungal flora in different areas parts of ankara in morning and evening atmosfere are discussed. it was seen that penicillium, and mycelia sterilia were found more in evenings, when cladosporium and alternaria were found in higher concentrations in mornings. aspergillus was found in evening air either in less or at least in same concentrations. the rate of monilia in evenings and mornings showed variable concentration according to areas. | 1977 | 600116 |
| [salmonella serotypes isolated recently in ankara from children with enteritis (author's transl)]. | the results of serotyping done on 859 salmonellas isolated between 25/2/1975--6/4/1977 are reported. in the series presented here percentage of s. thyhimurium is very close to that reported by us (91.37%) previously (2) showing that it is still the predominating serotype; but the important observations of the present study are the rises of the new serotypes which took the second and third places namely s. montevideo and s. thompson, indicating that clinicians should be aware of their presence. u ... | 1977 | 600118 |
| frequency of rheumatic fever in ankara. | | 1977 | 618046 |
| school of medicine, hacettepe university, ankara, turkey: fitting medical education to the needs of the community. | | 1978 | 695672 |
| toward a general theory of fertility: a causal modeling approach. | a general theory of fertility is derived hypothesizing that the demand for children is primarily an outcome of social psychological processes within the family, subject to certain socioeconomic constraints. two broad social psychological processes are posited as determinants of fertility. the first suggests that the attitudes or tastes of family members influence the demand for children. the second maintains that the nature of the husband-wife interaction (in terms of power, conflict, decision m ... | 1978 | 700226 |
| [106 cases of infantile diarrhea caused by enteropathogenic e. coli 0111:b4 serotype in a 1974 epidemic in ankara]. | 106 enteropathogenic e. coli (e.p.e.c.) 0111 : b4 were isolated from the stools of children with gastro enteritis. 101 of these came from different pediatric wards, 5. from outpatient clinics with no history of previous hospital contact. in 16 months different e.p.e.c. serotypes were isolated, these are shown table vi. in spite of the uniformity of the serotype isolated during 1974 epidemic various serotypes were isolated in subsequent years. among these serotypes 0111 : b4 was most prevalent, c ... | 1976 | 790104 |
| [ 771 shigella strains isolated in a 15-year period from americans living in ankara. comparisons with shigella strains isolated from turkish natives]. | the author had worked as a bacteriologist in ankara american air force hospital from 1958 to 1972. during this period of time he was able to isolate 771 shigella strains from the american patients of the hospital. the amounts and the percentages of the subgroups are listed below together with the two other ankara city pediatric hospital results (see article). american community lived in ankara for 15 years and shared many aspects which were important in shigella epidemiology like using city's ta ... | 1976 | 790107 |
| [a microbiological survey of stool samples from normal and diarrheic persons in 2 districts of ankara]. | | 1975 | 820946 |
| [the fungi causing superficial mycoses found in and around ankara]. | in this research the agents in the specimens taken from 400 patients whose diagnosis were superficial cutaneous infection were investigated. the specimens were collected from the dermatology clinics of hacettepe hospital and numune hospital. as a result of our experiments we isolated t. mentagrophytes, t. rubrum, e. floccosum, t. schoenleini, m. canis, t. violaceum, m. audouini, m. gypseum. it is also established that beside c. albicans, other candida species are also the causes of cutaneous fun ... | 1977 | 853955 |
| coccidia (protozoa: eimeridae) of the herbivorous mole-rat, spalax leucodon nordmann. | a survey of 96 herbivorous mole-rats, spalax leucodon nordmann, in lalahan district of ankara, turkey, revealed the presence of 6 new species of coccidia. the species found, the shape and average length-width dimensions (in micrometers) of their oocysts, and the numbers of animals from which they were isolated were as follow: eimeria lalahanensis sp. n., subspherical to ellipsoidal (20.3 x 12.5), from 10; eimeria tuzdili sp. n., spherical to subspherical with radially striated oocyst wall, (20.5 ... | 1977 | 881650 |
| incidence and seasonal activity of przhevalskiana silenus (brauer) in angora goats in turkey. | | 1977 | 898981 |
| [indoor and outdoor fungal flora of ankara]. | the variation of atmospheic fungal flora of ankara were studied. beside this the fungal floras of indoor and outdoor air were compared. in outdoor air penicillium was detected most, followed by cladosporium, alternaria, helminthosporium, aspergillus, rhizopus and mucor. in the indoor air the same fungi were detected. however, penicillium and aspergillus were found more compared with outdoor findings. since in many parts of ankara (yenişehir, cebeci, küçükesat, bahçelievler, aydinlikevler), diff ... | 1977 | 927227 |
| [studies of yersinia pestis in wild animals captured in ankara, konya and nevsehir]. | no yersinia pestis could be isolated, by culturing and by inoculations to 1212 guinea-pigs and 150 mice; from 623 citellus, 41 mus musculus, 55 microtus, 442 meriones, 70 rattus rattus, 56 turtle, 89 hare, 1 hamster, 1 hedgehog, 1 sea snake, altogether 790 dead, 589 alive, i.e. 1379. wild animals captured in ankara, konya (karapinar), urfa (akçakale) and in nevşehir. in 141 sera taken from citellus captured alive, and in 174 sera taken from guinea-pigs inoculated with spleen, liver and kidney su ... | 1976 | 933892 |
| [isolation of bordetella bronchiseptica strains from wild animals captured in ankara, konya, urfa and viransehir'de]. | | 1976 | 933893 |
| [first isolation of s. newlands serotype in turkey]. | authors report the first isolation of salmonella newlands serotype in ankara from the stool culture of a patient with acute gastroenteritis. | 1976 | 933894 |
| [first isolation of s. zanzibar in turkey]. | author reports first isolation of a salmonella zanzibar serotype from the stool culture of an 8 year old boy with gastroenteritis in ankara. | 1976 | 933895 |
| [the results of copro parasitological investigations in two poor districts in ankara]. | 542 stools were examined for intestinal helminths. 97 of them showed parasitic infestation. the number and percentages of the species found are shown below, ascaris lumbricoides 39 7.4%, hymenolepis nana 24 4.4%, enterobius vermicularis 16 3.0%, taenia saginata 4 0.8%, trichuris trichiura 12 2.2%. the helminthological diagnosis is based on the enrichment methods of flotation. | 1976 | 933901 |
| [isolation and enumeration of bacteriophages against s. typhi, e. coli, and shigella in the streams of ankara]. | active bacteriophages were detected agains s. typhi vi4, e. coli 36 and shigella ygr in the streams of ankara, during 27.3.1973 and 19.3.1974. 49 samples were collected from 3 chosen places. bacteriophages in high concentrations were detected against s. typhi vi4, e. coli 36 and shigella y6r even in 0.0001 ml amounts of these water samples. besides bacteriophages, salmonella and shigella were detected as well. these studies showed that the streams in ankara were highly contaminated with bacteria ... | 1976 | 979697 |
| [the fungal flora of ankara air in january 1972 and 1974 and its relationship to allergic diseases]. | the fungal flora of the air in ankara was searched during first week of january 1972 and 1974. different areas of the city were chosen for investigation. the central and outskirt areas showed different patterns of fungal flora during january 1972 and january 1974. in the central areas there was a remarkable decrease in yeast flora between the two years. however, mould flora was increased in some extent. no notable difference could be detected in outskirt areas. penicillium and aspergillus specie ... | 1976 | 979699 |
| [first isolation of salmonella haifa in turkey]. | authors report the first isolation of salmonella haifa serotype in ankara from the stool culture of a patient with acute gastroenteritis. | 1976 | 979702 |
| [brucellosis, tularemia and borreliosis isolated from wild animals captured in ankara, konya, urfa and nevsehir provinces in turkey]. | 621 citellus, 41 mus musculus, 35 microtus, 442 meriones, 70 rattus rattus, 56 turtle, 89 hare, 1 hamster, 1 hedgehog and 1 sea snake, altogether 1379 wild animals were captured in ankara, konya, urfa and nevşehir. neither brucella or francisella tularansis could be isolated nor borrelia could be seen. 1/40-1/80 agglutination titers obtained in 3 out of 134 sera taken from citellus, in 3 out of 264 sera taken from guinea pigs which were inoculated with spleen, liver and kidney suspensions of wil ... | 1976 | 979704 |
| g-6pd "ankara". a new g-6pd variant with deficiency found in a turkish family. | a new g-6pd varient with enzyme deficiency is described in a 7-month-old turkish boy without any hemolytic manifestation, except neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. the main characteristics of this variant were the following: severe enzyme deficiency in erythrocytes (8% of normal), fast starch-gel-electrophoretic mobility (110% of normal), increased ki nadph with respect to nadp+, slightly biphasic ph curve, enzyme instability, in vivo and in vitro, decreased molecular specific activity (58% of normal) ... | 1975 | 1150245 |
| aspects of pre-eclamptic toxaemia of pregnancy, consanguinity, twinning in ankara. | it appears that women classed as having pre-eclamptic toxaemia are less frequently consanguineous with their husbands than all other mothers and in particular those mothers classed as having pregnancies complicated by chronic hypertensive disease. search revealed no evidence for possible biases which could have stimulated such findings. further evidence is advanced suggesting that, though pre-eclamptic toxaemia is more common in all types of twin pregnancies than in single births, it is more com ... | 1976 | 1271421 |
| cigarette smoking among young physicians and their approach to the smoking problem of their patients. | we have undertaken a survey of 100 interns and 100 residents at university of ankara medical school to find out their smoking rates as well as their view of the smoking problem in turkey and their approach to the patient who smokes. the smoking rate of interns and residents were comparable to those of the 146 nonmedical university students surveyed at the same time (31% and 37% versus 38%). our results indicate that smoking residents have less confidence in their efficacy to influence the patien ... | 1992 | 1419590 |
| primary gastrointestinal lymphomas in turkey: a retrospective analysis of clinical features and results of treatment. | thirty-three patients with primary gastrointestinal lymphoma (gil) followed at ankara university medical school have been evaluated. the most frequent locations of the disease are the small intestine (48.4%) and the stomach (39.3%). the intermediate and high grade lymphomas constitute 84.8% of the cases. the mean age of the patients with small intestinal lymphoma is 28.7 years and 47.1 years for those with gastric lymphoma. the patients treated with surgery and chemotherapy (s+ct) have a longer ... | 1992 | 1434660 |
| the evaluation of vaccination against measles at nine months of age (report of an epidemic). | sixteen measles cases were studied during an epidemic that broke out in etimesgut district of ankara. eight of these children had never been vaccinated against measles while the remainder had been vaccinated at nine months of age. in the sera obtained during the course of the illness, anti-measles antibody was not detectable in six vaccinated children and in four unvaccinated children. upon observing the siblings of the subjects, it was determined that one out of three who had not been vaccinate ... | 1992 | 1485379 |
| incidence of neural tube defects (ntd) in ankara, turkey, prior to and after the chernobyl disaster. | | 1992 | 1553312 |
| [listeria monocytogenes contamination of raw milk from different regions of anatolia and pasteurized milk sold in ankara]. | in this study 77 raw milk samples from different regions of anatolia and 22 pasteurized milk samples sold in ankara were investigated for isolation of l. monocytogenes. for the isolation of listeria, each sample was plated directly onto mcbride's listeria agar (mla) and on the other hand four processing methods (2 long cold enrichment and 2 shortened warm enrichment procedures, followed by plating) were used. listeria colonies on mla medium were examined by the henry method of oblique lighting. ... | 1991 | 1908939 |
| hydatid cysts in children: report of 88 cases. | eighty-eight children (37 female, 51 male) with hydatid cyst disease were treated at the pediatric surgery clinic of ankara ssk hospital, turkey, in the period from 1977 to 1987. the ages of the children ranged from 3 to 14 years; 79 (89.8%) were older than 6 years and only nine (10.2%) were under 6 years. liver and lung were the most frequent sites of involvement. various surgical techniques were used in the treatment of the cysts. in this series obliteration of the cyst cavity by suturing (cap ... | 1991 | 1920230 |
| cardiomyopathies in children. clinical, epidemiological and prognostic evaluation. | in this article, the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 137 children with cardiomyopathy admitted to the hacettepe pediatric cardiology unit were studied and the prognosis was evaluated after a follow-up period of 24 +/- 5 months. it was found that the highest proportion of patients were residents of ankara, followed by the northern and the central anatolian regions, and consanguinity between their parents was more common than the proportion for turkey as a whole. most of the patien ... | 1990 | 2084276 |
| maternal mortality: a report from a university hospital in ankara. | maternal mortality was found to be 140 deaths per 100,000 live births in hacettepe university hospital. infection, hemorrhage and cardiac disease were still the leading causes of maternal deaths. it is possible to reduce the maternal mortality due to these largely preventable causes if standards of care and treatment are raised to a higher level throughout the country. | 1990 | 2099730 |
| diet and stomach cancer incidence. a case-control study in turkey. | a case-control study of diet and stomach cancer was conducted in ankara, turkey, between december 1987 and march 1988. one hundred patients with adenocarcinoma of the stomach were matched with 100 control subjects according to age, sex, and residential area. a dietary questionnaire was administered to all subjects by one of the authors. gastric cancer patients consumed less fresh fruit and yellow-green vegetables (p less than 0.0001) and meats (p less than 0.001), and more salted food (p less th ... | 1990 | 2346918 |
| swaddling and acute respiratory infections. | in turkey and china the ancient practice of swaddling is still commonly practiced. both countries have extremely high rates of pneumonia, especially during the neonatal period. preliminary evidence on the possibility that swaddling may interfere with normal respiratory function and thereby predispose to pneumonia was gathered in a teaching health center in ankara. babies who had been swaddled for at least three months were four times more likely to have developed pneumonia (confirmed radiologica ... | 1990 | 2356917 |
| selenium status in turkey. i. serum selenium levels in infants and children in ankara. | this study was initiated to evaluate the status of selenium in turkish residents. serum selenium level of 76 healthy children, living in ankara, aged 2 mo-13 y was determined by a spectrofluorometric method. average selenium level was found to be 88.1 +/- 12.4 micrograms/l (mean +/- sd). selenium levels showed a tendency to increase with age and mean selenium level in early infancy was lower than that of school children; no relation to the sex and hematological parameters such as hemoglobin conc ... | 1989 | 2484396 |
| blood lead level distribution by age group in inhabitants of ankara. | blood lead levels of 619 healthy and nonoccupationally exposed inhabitants of central and rural parts of ankara, (297 females and 322 males) ages 2-80, were determined using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. lead also was determined in the whole blood samples from 66 (all male) occupationally exposed adults. the blood lead levels were significantly higher (p less than 0.05) among children (16.95 micrograms/100 ml as a geometric mean) than the subdivided age groups of adults (geometric means b ... | 1988 | 2484572 |
| [food-borne botulism and its epidemiological features as seen in our country during the last few years]. | we evaluated and presented here, the features of the eleven cases of food-borne botulism who admitted to the infectious diseases department of ibni sina hospital of ankara university. three of the cases admitted in 1984 and eight of them admitted in 1987. all of the cases were caused by home-prepared foods which had been eaten without cooking; the types of the food were green beans and pepper with sauce. in these cases the main symptoms and signs were generalized muscular weakness, dry mouth, dy ... | 1989 | 2488935 |
| [a food-borne outbreak of group a streptococcal pharyngitis]. | in august 1988, following a luncheon, an explosive epidemic of pharyngitis due to group a streptococci (m type 11, t type 3/13/b3264 and opacity factor positive) occurred among the staff of an institution in ankara. epidemiological investigation indicated that the outbreak was food-borne. a salad prepared by bean with boiled egg was incriminated as the vehicle of transmission. group a streptococci were isolated from the throats of 37 (63.8 percent) of 58 persons with pharyngitis. high levels of ... | 1989 | 2488936 |
| [cpitn in a group of ankara university students]. | several index systems have been used for the identification of periodontal diseases and assessment of periodontal treatment needs up to date. in 1982 world health organization and fdi have developed a new index system for the assessment of periodontal treatment needs "community periodontal index of treatment needs" (cpitn) which was well adapted for the field studies. because of it's being an universe and practical system, it has been the common language of periodontists in a few years. our stud ... | 1989 | 2489497 |
| relation of environmental exposure to erionite fibres to risk of respiratory cancer. | during the period 1979-1983, iarc, in collaboration with the department of chest diseases of hacettepe university in ankara and the mrc pneumoconiosis unit in penarth, conducted an epidemiological and environmental survey in 4 villages in central turkey affected by a high incidence of mesothelial tumours. recent data point to erionite, a zeolite fibre, as the most plausible etiological agent. from animal experiments, erionite appears to be the most powerful carcinogenic fibre so far known. durin ... | 1989 | 2545613 |
| hiv antibody screening in a gynecology and obstetrics clinic ankara, turkey. | in 416 pregnant women, admitted to our outpatient obstetric clinic for antenatal care between december 1987 and august 1988, hiv antibody assessments were performed by elisa technique. no seropositive case was reported. | 1989 | 2576552 |
| [udder health control of dairy cows in the area of ankara (turkey)]. | the udder health of dairy cows is necessary in order to serve the consumer with milk and milk products of perfect quality and sound hygiene. also in districts where the dairy industry is less developed a better udder health can be obtained when certain hygiene rules are carried out in connection with simple diagnostic and therapeutic measurements. | 1989 | 2598801 |
| the incidence of pubertal gynecomastia in boys living in the ankara region. | the incidence of pubertal gynecomastia was determined in 646 turkish boys in ankara. a marked increase in the incidence was observed at pubertal stage 4 (60.2%) and age 14 years (61.1%). the incidence of gynecomastia during puberty at various pubertal stages and ages was 34.6%. although the incidence of unilateral gynecomastia was 19.6%; there was no difference between right or left involvement. | 1989 | 2617714 |
| rotaviruses in infants with diarrhea studied by viral rna electrophoresis in ankara, turkey. | incidence of rotavirus in children under 2 years of age, admitted to 2 children's hospitals i n ankara, turkey, from july 1984-june 1985 was measured using viral rna electrophoresis in agarose gels. 375 children were selected at random from over 14,000 diarrhea admissions, and their stool specimens taken on admission were compared to those of 333 children without diarrhea. 61 (16.3%) of the diarrhea cases had detectable rotavirus, compared to 0% in controls. bacteriologic tests for salmonella ... | 1987 | 2851886 |
| a study of delta intrauterine devices in ankara, turkey. | delta devices, modifications of standard lippes loop d and tcu 220c iuds, were designed for postpartum insertion. a study of the delta t and the delta loop was conducted at hacettepe university school of medicine in ankara, turkey. the iuds were randomly allocated to 246 immediately postpartum women (less than 10 min postplacenta). twelve-month expulsion rates were low for both devices; 3.7 for delta loop users and 7.6 for delta t users. | 1985 | 2860033 |
| [microbiological analysis of well water samples in the rural areas near ankara]. | the water from wells and running water in different rural parts of ankara were analyzed microbiologically with the thought in mind that the use of unhealthy well water could cause infections, as shown in other cities. we found that of the 50 running water samples all (100%) were drinkable from the microbiological point of view regard to coliform bacteria and total germ count, while only 20 of the 150 well water samples (13.3%) met these standards. it was pointed out by the users that chlorinatio ... | 1988 | 3078793 |
| sexual maturation of turkish boys in ankara. | | 1988 | 3232223 |
| [the prevalence of intestinal parasites in the students of two primary schools in ankara]. | four hundred stool samples obtained from two different primary school students were examined for intestinal parasite. cellophane tape technique was also applied in order to detect the enterobiasis incidence. it has been observed that the parasite incidence were 13.5% in ted college students whereas 30.5% in the incesu primary school. it has been also concluded that the highest infection rate was connected with two parasites, namely giardia intestinalis (11.5%) and enterobius vermicularis (8%). | 1988 | 3273597 |
| determination of various parameters of sexual maturity in adolescent boys in ankara. | | 1987 | 3504073 |
| seasonal variation in populations of anopheles maculipennis, anopheles claviger and culex pipiens in turkey. | seasonal variation in larval populations of three species of mosquitoes, anopheles maculipennis, an. claviger and culex pipiens, common in the vicinity of ankara, were studied. populations of an. maculipennis and cx. pipiens disappeared in larval habitats by december but an. claviger, overwintering as larvae remained until the middle of march. animal footprints are densely populated and are preferred by cx. pipiens and an. claviger over larger water bodies. | 1986 | 3507525 |
| [a prevalence research on dental health care in primary schoolchildren in ankara. part ii. dental health care at tandoğan primary school]. | | 1986 | 3509804 |
| [5 cases of plasmodium malariae infection following blood transfusion]. | five plasmodium malariae cases were diagnosed in our parasitology laboratory. all five were induced malariae cases and patients had been infected via transfusion of blood at different intervals. these cases were as follows: 1968 h.a (25) female, 1970 k.y (45) male, 1971 i.h (38) female, 1972 a.b (18) male and 1976 k.a (4 months) infant. all the cases were notified to the ankara malaria eradication regional centre and all were confirmed in their laboratory and after given radical treatment of thr ... | 1986 | 3534528 |
| epidemiological aspects of childhood poisonings in ankara: a 10-year survey. | in the 10-year period 1975-1984, 1188 children were admitted to the children's hospital of hacettepe university in ankara with a diagnosis of poisoning. retrospective analysis of their medical records showed that the incidence of poisoning with medicinal drugs was 64.0%, while pesticides accounted for 17.8% and plants for 6.7% of total cases. the majority (69.9%) of cases were due to accidental poisoning, 70.6% of which occurred in children under 5 years of age; 15.1% of the poisonings were diag ... | 1987 | 3557472 |
| organochlorine pesticides in human adipose tissue collected in ankara (turkey) 1984-1985. | | 1987 | 3580618 |
| self poisoning in children: a ten year survey. | all children, 17 years of age or less, admitted to the children's hospital of hacettepe university medical center in ankara during the period of 1975 to 1984 with a diagnosis of poisoning were studied. of the 1188 cases reviewed, mode of poisoning was deliberate self-poisoning in a total of 152 cases (12.8%). drugs accounted for 95.4%, insecticides for 3.9% and carbon monoxide for only 0.7% of the overall suicide attempts or gestures. analgesics and tranquilizers were the most common agents enco ... | 1987 | 3586081 |
| effects of exposure to air pollution and smoking on the placental aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (ahh) activity. | aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (ahh) activities were determined in placental tissues of 152 nonsmoker or exsmoker women who live in ankara and 125 nonsmoker women who live in areas surrounding ankara. levels of ahh were also determined in the placentas of 52 cigarette smokers. the mean ahh activity in the ankara group was 11.17 +/- 5.41; in the control group, 6.44 +/- 5.48; and for smokers, 45.68 +/- 53.36, which indicates significant differences (p less than .001). there was a strong correlation ... | 1986 | 3619494 |
| illegal abortion: an attempt to assess its cost to the health services and its incidence in the community. | this article describes a study designed to test a method for assessing the cost to the health services of illegally induced abortion and the feasibility of estimating the incidence of induced abortion by a field interviewing approach. the participating centers included three hospitals in ankara, turkey; three hospitals in ibadan, nigeria; one hospital in caracas and one in valencia, venezuela; and two hospitals in kuala lumpur, malaysia. hospitalized abortion cases were classified as induced or ... | 1986 | 3733306 |
| [a prevalence study of dental health care in primary school children in ankara. i. dental health care at t.e.d. ankara college primary school]. | | 1985 | 3870196 |
| clinical findings of pediatric patients during an outbreak of typhoid fever in ankara. | | 1985 | 3872496 |
| acute poisoning admissions in one of the hospitals in ankara. | emergency service admissions at the numune hospital, ankara, have been investigated for one year. of the emergency admissions 5% were cases of poisoning; of these, 63.6% were due to drugs. | 1985 | 4007896 |
| the size of suspended particulate matter in air. | by means of the nasn cascade impactor the particle sizes of ambient aerosols can be measured by fractionating the particles according to their aerodynamic dimensions, and the fractions can be quantified gravimetrically. data obtained with this instrument show that particulate matter suspended in urban air in the united states and great britain is remarkably uniform in distribution and that the particles are predominantly less than 1 microm in diameter. in ankara, turkey, the high proportion of p ... | 1972 | 4117561 |
| [1972 ankara influenza epidemic]. | | 1972 | 4680266 |
| a new haemoglobin j from turkey--hb ankara (beta10 (a7) ala-asp). | | 1974 | 4850241 |
| the works carried out in the field of virology by refik saydam central institute of hygiene, ankara, turkey. | | 1968 | 4950904 |
| evaluation of a pilot study of tuberculosis control programme integrated in the general health services in ankara, etimesgut district. | | 1971 | 5155582 |
| a study of airborn fungi in the ankara area of turkey in 1966. | | 1969 | 5395986 |
| [studies on staphylococci carriers in the medical school of ankara]. | | 1969 | 5409396 |
| rural-urban residence and modernism: a study of ankara province, turkey. | | 1970 | 5524620 |
| [case of liponyssus bacoti infection detected in ankara]. | | 1970 | 5524700 |
| [a medical school in ankara]. | | 1968 | 5704265 |
| shigella types found in ankara. (an analysis of 332 isolated strains). | | 1965 | 5864993 |
| the incidence of ptc taste sensitivity in the population of ankara. | | 1966 | 5981972 |
| a preliminary report on the allergenic plants of ankara. | | 1967 | 6016739 |
| allergenic pollen and mold spore survey in the ankara area. | | 1967 | 6072539 |
| biomechanics: applications, costs and benefits, priorities. an account of an informal panel discussion held in conjunction with the nato advanced study institute entitled 'progress in biomechanics' held in ankara, turkey, july 10-21, 1978. | | 1980 | 6108327 |
| [isolation of coagulase-positive staphylococci from cheese and ice-cream samples sold in ankara and some biochemical properties of the isolates]. | coagulase-positive staphylococci were isolated from different kinds of cheese and ice-cream sold in ankara and some biochemical properties of these isolates were determined. 55 cheese, 52 ice-cream (107 samples) were examined for the presence of coagulase-positive staphylococci. baird parker medium was used and 26 samples constituting of 13 cheese and 13 ice-cream were found to be contaminated with coagulase-positive staphylococci and ratio of the contaminated samples to the total was calculated ... | 1981 | 6300618 |
| the denver developmental screening test: normative data for ankara children. | | 1983 | 6678519 |
| cognitive and behavioural characteristics of children with idiopathic epilepsy in a low-income area of ankara, turkey. | fifteen school-age children with idiopathic epilepsy but with no other neurological symptoms were compared with non-epileptic children, matched for age, on four cognitive tests selected to measure specific cognitive skills at two levels of functioning, and a behaviour rating scale. all children were from a low-income district of ankara, turkey. epileptic children did as well as controls on the recognition of a geometric designs test but were significantly inferior at drawing these designs, sugge ... | 1984 | 6724158 |
| [demonstration of toxoplasma gondii antibodies in healthy individuals in ankara by indirect fluorescent antibody technic]. | 665 sera from apparently healthy individuals were tested for toxoplasma gondii antibodies. 194 of 665 sera contained antibodies against. t. gondii in 1/16 or above dilutions, 471 sera were found to be negative. 101 of 315 females and 93 of 350 males were positive. the positive female group showed 5.49 % more positives than the male group, however, this has not been found statistically significant. when the age was considered, 14 of 93 sera in the 0-10 age group were found positive. significant p ... | 1981 | 6762489 |
| [meningococcic meningitis epidemic in ankara]. | the meningococcic meningitis cases which appeared in ankara in 1973 had ceased by 1976. the monthly distribution of the cases conforms well with the distribution schemes of other countries, where the peak months were the late winter and the early spring months. beside the peak months some cases were seen throughout the year. although the peaks disappeared after 1977, a few cases continued to be seen again. in the identification of the aetiological agent, the serogroup b was the predominant (70 c ... | 1982 | 6815435 |
| [scholarship report of a 1982 study trip in western and middle turkey]. | the cultural background of islam and its religious practices as well as hospital administration and staff training, living conditions, the status of women, and child rearing were the topics of a study by 3 child care nurses in turkey. the purpose of this study was to better understand the situation of turkish immigrants and the possible conflicts they experience with swedish society. public school attendance is compulsory for a period of 5 years starting at age 7 (3 additional years may be req ... | 1982 | 6923894 |
| [report from ophthalmology. the 'eye bank' in ankara]. | | 1982 | 6925665 |
| a study of oral rehydration therapy by midwives in a rural area near ankara. | oral rehydration fluid therapy was practiced in a rural district near ankara. a total of 1237 children, 746 of whom were in the treatment group and the rest in the control group, were followed up for 16 months. in the treatment group, auxiliary nurse-midwives applied the fluid therapy to children with diarrheal diseases at home. a significant difference was found between the treatment and control groups with respect to weight gain; the treatment group gained 230.2 g in a month and the control ... | 1980 | 6967369 |
| the ecology of anxiety: situational stress and rate of self-stimulation in turkey. | twelve community behavior settings in ankara, turkey, were ranked with high agreement by 30 judges (average r = .80, p less than .001) according to the amount of situational stress, defined as evaluative apprehension and uncertainty, generated by each setting. the rate of hand-to- face or body (self-stimulation) behavior was observed systemically in stressful compared to relaxed settings. analysis by a stepwise multiple regression procedure showed higher rates in stressful settings, f(1, 587) = ... | 1981 | 7241339 |
| dermatophytic flora of ankara (turkey). | during the period july 1, 1976, to december 31, 1978, 1,227 dermatophytes were isolated from 2,702 specimens taken from suspected cases of dermatophytosis. the dermatophytic flora was found to consist mainly of anthropophilic species. trichophyton rubrum was by far the most frequently isolated species. tinea capitis was caused in 36.1% of all cases by trichophyton verrucosum, in 13.9% by microsporum canis and trichophyton violaceum, in 11.1% by trichophyton schoenleinii and trichophyton granulos ... | 1981 | 7262383 |
| pregnancy and pregnancy outcome in ankara (gecekondu) adolescents. | the aims of this study are to determine the social context of pregnant adolescents and to establish the consequences and outcomes of their pregnancies. the study compares 677 adolescent obstetric inpatients with a control group of 768 adult obstetric inpatients in the ankara state maternity hospital. all are residents of the squatter areas (gecekondu) of the city. the study shows that socioeconomic and educational levels are low, consanguineous marriages are quite frequent, the percentage of low ... | 1981 | 7333929 |
| the epidemiology of scabies in turkey. | the epidemiology of scabies for the last twelve years has been studied in turkey. information was obtained from three regions (istanbul, ankara and erzurum) having different climates. there has been an increase in scabies in the years following 1969 in ankara and erzurum and from 1967 on in istanbul. it reached its maximum in 1978 in erzurum, while this peak had been observed in early 1970s in other regions. scabies incidence has significantly increased and decreased in winters and summers respe ... | 1980 | 7358440 |
| [brucellosis outbreak in oltan village of ankara (author's transl)]. | there has been significant increase in the number of brucellosis cases admitted to our clinic within first 6 months of 1979. since most of the cases were from ayaş, polatli and oltan villages we visited oltan and examined 97 persons 23 of whom had complaints of fever, arthralgia and sweating. in addition to previous 5 cases, 5 more patients were found to have antibody titers of 160-640. in the control group none of the randomly chosen outpatients had titers higher than 40. three milk samples tak ... | 1980 | 7453584 |
| vitamin a status of healthy infants in ankara, turkey. | vitamin a deficiency is considered widespread health problem among children in developing countries. there are a limited number of studies related to the vitamin a status of children in turkey. we studied serum vitamin a levels in 80 healthy children less than 2 years of age admitted to dr. sami ulus children's hospital for measles immunization. vitamin a levels were determined by high performance liquid chromatography, and ranged from 8.5 to 34 micrograms/dl (mean 23.54 +/- 6.86 micrograms/dl). ... | 1995 | 7502354 |
| vitamin a levels of children with measles in ankara, turkey. | recent studies show that vitamin a levels decrease during measles and that vitamin a therapy can improve measles outcome in children in the developing world. vitamin a levels of children with measles have not been studied before in turkey. therefore we measured serum vitamin a levels in 21 children with measles and compared the results with "sick" and "healthy" control groups. the mean vitamin a levels in children with measles were markedly lower than in the "sick" and "healthy" control groups ( ... | 1995 | 7502355 |
| survey of the allergic status of patients with bronchial asthma in turkey: a multicenter study. | patients diagnosed with bronchial asthma (ba) were prospectively enrolled to assess their allergen spectra and atopic status. the patients came from five major cities (ankara, izmir, samsun, elaziğ, and adana) in different regions of turkey. atopic status, total ige levels, and allergen spectra were determined in 1149 patients and 210 controls who were spouses of the patients sharing the same environment but not consanguinity with the patients. total ige levels were significantly higher in the a ... | 1995 | 7573836 |
| maternal mortality in a maternity hospital in turkey. | to determine the leading causes of maternal mortality in a large maternity hospital and to define priorities regarding this subject throughout turkey. | 1995 | 7660764 |
| psychological consequences of the 1992 erzincan (turkey) earthquake. | the long-term psychological after-effects of the 1992 erzincan earthquake are examined. 461 subjects from erzincan were administered a semi-structured interview. emotional distress was measured by a symptom checklist containing 40 items. 129 subjects from ankara, the capital of turkey, were also used as a comparison sample. the factor analysis revealed that distress symptoms can be grouped into phobic anxiety, somatization, depression and hostility. the comparison of the erzincan and ankara samp ... | 1995 | 7735861 |
| selenium status in turkey. ii. serum selenium concentration in healthy residents of different ages in ankara. | in this study we determined the serum selenium concentraction of 218 healthy individuals at different ages, in ankara, using a spectrofluorimetric method. the mean selenium levels were found to be 45 +/- 10 micrograms/l in cord blood at birth; 69 +/- 13 micrograms/l in 2 month-12 month-old infants; 77 +/- 12 micrograms/l in children aged > 12 months-16 years; and 74 +/- 16 micrograms/l in adults aged 18-48 years. selenium concentrations showed age dependency, increasing significantly in childhoo ... | 1994 | 7804032 |