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Health Profiles of Methyl Bromide Applicators in Greenhouses in Turkey
Methyl bromide is primarily used as a fumigant for the control of nematodes, fungi and weeds in greenhouses, warehouses and mills. Today, around 50,000...
Patent Blue Dye in Lymphaticovenular Anastomosis
In the field of plastic surgery, a novel technique of supermicrosurgery has radically changed many concepts of microsurgery. Lymphaticovenular anastomosis (LVA) has been described...
Oesophageal Doppler Ultrasound in the Assessment of Haemodynamic Status of Patients Admitted to the...
Haemodynamic monitoring is an essential element in the management of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Over the last 3 decades,...
Retinoblastoma: A Recent Experience at the National University Hospital, Singapore
Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in infants and children.1 Worldwide, the incidence is 1 in 18,000 to 34,000 live births with...
An Update of Paediatric Intussusception Incidence in Singapore: 1997-2007, 11 Years of Intussusception Surveillance
This is an update to the previously published paper by Boudville et al1 on 8 years of intussusception (IS) surveillance in Singapore. IS is...
A Report from the Singapore Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (SG-CCSS): A Multi-institutional Collaborative Study...
Worldwide, the survival rates among childhood cancer patients are increasing. Thus, assessing the risk of late effects and complications are increasingly becoming more important.
This...
Where the Elderly Die: The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors and Cause of Death...
The subject of place of death was brought to the forefront of the medical community in July 2004 when 2 important publications were released;...
Seroepidemiology of Dengue Virus Infection Among Adults in Singapore
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease endemic in Singapore as well as in the surrounding Southeast Asian countries.1 It is a re-emerging disease...
Major Workplace Related Accidents in Singapore: A Major Trauma Centre’s Experience
Workplace related accidents are major problems around
the world and in Singapore. The Center For Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), United States reported a
total of 5702...
Impact of Depression on Health Related Quality of Life in Patients with Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a serious chronic illness that imposes significant morbidity and mortality and has a major impact on the quality of life...