Revised data for 1970 ICHD report.
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Biomedical subjects
F Moore
Publications and source records attributed to F Moore.
Temperature and deaths from ischaemic heart disease.
Certain features of the relationship between 11 measurements of weekly temperature and the number of deaths from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) within age groups in Greater London between 1970 and 1974 are described. Firstly, the correlation coefficients between age-specific deaths from IHD and each of the temperature variables are of a similar order. Secondly, in contrast, the linear regression coefficients between deaths and temperature are more variable and depend upon the particular measurement of temperature chosen. Thirdly, the proportional changes in the number of deaths with the temperature variables are similar within specific age groups; consequently it is suggested that deaths from IHD and temperature may be directly related.
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The hazard of old lead mines in Wales.
Two population surveys were conducted near old lead workings in Wales. The first, at Y Fan in the middle of Wales, gave evidence suggestive of a gradient in blood lead level, highest in subjects resident close to the contaminated spoil heaps, and lowest in those who lived in farms some distance away. However, the gradient was significant (P less than 0.05) only in males, and all but one of the blood lead levels were below 2.0 mumol/l. In the second survey, at Halkyn in North Wales, levels in subjects living in the area contaminated by spoil were compared with those in subjects living in a nearby industrial area, and with subjects in a market town some distance away. Mean blood lead in people living in the three areas were homogeneous. These studies give no evidence that old lead workings in Wales are a serious hazard to health.
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Letter: Lead in water and mortality.
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Marihuana metabolites in urine of man. V. Characterization and separation of polar metabolites of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.
Extraction of human urine with ether at pH 12 and thin-layer chromatography using two solvent systems permitted separation of several polar metabolites of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), not previously isolated by these techniques. These metabolites appeared as conjugates and are probably dihydroxy alcohols.
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Nursing student perceptions of public health issues in Ghana.
This article reports survey results to Ghanaian nursing students' perceptions of public health issues. Their views were ascertained through a questionnaire designed to capture ratings of educational curriculum concerns and perceptions of the importance of public health factors. Both frequency data and chi-square analysis were used to assess the ordinal position of health factors and gender differences, respectively. Chi-square analysis was also done to assess differences by age. Differences between men and women respondents existed on six of 15 health factors (p less than .05) including malaria, heart disease, measles, cancer, malnutrition and car accidents, while differences between age groups were found on two of the 15 factors (violence and cancer). Based on the ascertained student perceptions, current efforts in Ghana suggest that preventive health is an emerging concern to public health officials. As such, Ghanaian nursing students hold perceptions not dissimilar to those of U.S. health professions students.
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