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Les coups et blessures à Conakry: aspects épidémiologiques et médico-légaux
Assault and battery in Conakry: epidemiological and medico- legal aspects

Conde, N; Diallo, A M; Bigot, C; Bah, A A; Oulare, F; Yansane, A; Camara, O; Koffi, F D Y; Barry, O; Bah, H.
Bénin Médical; (71), 2025
Introduction : Les coups et blessures peuvent se définir comme étant le résultat des agressions physiques portées intentionnellement ou non sur le corps d’autrui. Il y a agression chaque fois qu’un individu ou un groupe d’individus essaye de contraindre un autre individu à se soumettre à ses ...
Aggression, Wounds and Injuries, Violence, Neck, Forensic Medicine, Age Groups, Long-Term Care, Health Profile, Retrospective Studies
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Causes of death in a medical oncology Unit in Cameroon

Okobalemba, Etienne Atenguena; Fossa, Lionel Tabola; Esson Mapoko, Berthe Sabine; Chi Ndi, Kenn; Nseme Etouckey, Georges Eric; Bambara Tozoula, Augustin; Tayou, Rachel; Sango, Anne Juliette Flora; Sando, Zacharie; Ndom, Paul.
Health sci. dis; 26 (4), 2025
Introduction.In Cameroon, there are 20745 new cases of cancer each year and 13199 cancer-related deaths. A great numberof patients have advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis. These advanced stages explain the high mortality rate, but not the immediate cause of death....
Colorectal Neoplasms, Cervix Uteri, Diagnosis, Breast, Hematologic Neoplasms, Medical Oncology, Multiple Organ Failure, Mortality, Hospitals, General, Age Groups
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A descriptive, cross-sectional analysis of occupational upper limb injuries at a tertiary trauma centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Issa, Samih A; Mhina, Robert I.
East Cent Afr J Surg.; 28 (4), 2023
Background: The rise of occupational traumatic upper limb injuries, especially in the developing world, has largely been attributed to industrialisation. Inadequate occupational injury reporting systems and occupational health policies in the sub-Saharan region have resulted in limited research and publi...
Upper Extremity, Wounds and Injuries, Soft Tissue Injuries, Hand, Occupational Health, Occupational Injuries, Surveys and Questionnaires, Amputation, Traumatic, Age Groups
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A country-wide malaria survey in Mozambique. II. Malaria attributable proportion of fever and establishment of malaria case definition in children across different epidemiological settings

Mabunda, samuel; Aponte, john j; Tiago, armindo; Alonso, pdro.
Malar. j. (Online); 8 (74), 2009
Background: Protection against clinical malaria episodes is acquired slowly after frequent exposure to malaria parasites. This is reflected by a decrease with increasing age in both parasite density and incidence of clinical episodes. In many settings of stable malaria transmission, the presence...
Malaria/epidemiology, Temperature, Sensitivity and Specificity, Blood/diagnostic imaging, Precautionary Principle, Prevalence, Plasmodium falciparum, Parasites/genetics, Microscopy, Logistic Models, Malaria/blood, Confidence Intervals, Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data, Infections, Age Groups, Fever/diagnosis, Cost of Illness, -Determination/methods, Fingers/growth & development, Mozambique
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