Stephen N. Onteri, Anselimo O. Makokha, Beatrice Nyanchama Kiage Mokua & Philip Ndemwa·Asian Food Science Journal·2021
Aims: Iodine plays a key role in thyroid hormone production and functioning. Inadequate iodine intake results in iodine deficiency (ID) which impairs the normal functioning of the thyroid. The deficiency is responsible for damage to brain development, growth retardation, cretinis...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i130249
Faecal occult blood is a laboratory test which looks for the presence of microscopic blood in faeces possibly as a result of gastrointestinal bleeding which may be an indication of a disease. Several large prospective randomized controlled studies have shown that faecal occult bl...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33127
Verner N. Orish, Jones Ofori-Amoah, Kokou Hefoume Amegan-Aho, Lennox Mac-Ankrah, Ibrahim Jamfaru, Innocent Afeke & Festus K. Adzaku·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Soil transmitted helminths (STH), as well as Schistosoma haematobium and mansoni, are very common helminth infections among children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of helminth infection among children in the Volta Region of Ghana. This...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34393