Environmental Geochemistry of Igarra Marble Mining District, Southwestern Nigeria

Priapism in southwestern Nigeria.

OBJECTIVES To determine the aetiology, pattern of presentation, treatment regimen and outcome of management of priapism in our environment and to compare our findings with previous studies in this country and elsewhere. DESIGN A 10-year retrospective study from January 1991 to December 2000. SETTING Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. PATIENTS AND METHO...

Urban environmental geochemistry of trace metals.

As the world's urban population continues to grow, it becomes increasingly imperative to understand the dynamic interactions between human activities and the urban environment. The development of urban environmental geochemistry has yielded a significant volume of scientific information about geochemical phenomena found uniquely in the urban environment, such as the distribution, dispersion, an...

Urban Gully Development in Southwestern Nigeria

This study examined the development of urban gullies in a part of Southwestern Nigeria. This was done with a view to determine the volume and amount of sediment loss from the 1 and 2 order gullies in a cascade system. Twenty (20) towns were randomly selected from where thirty (30) gully systems comprising forty (40) 1 order and five (5) 2 order gullies were measured with Tape and Total Station ...

Sexual networking among youth in southwestern Nigeria

ABH secretors status in Osogbo, Southwestern Nigeria

Article Type : Full Length Research Article There are variations in the distribution of secretors and non-secretors in relation to ABO blood group which influence disease susceptibility from one region to another. In Nigeria, there are no reports on the proportion of secretors and nonsecretors among the Yoruba people of Southwestern region. This study was carried out to determine the secretor s...