منابع مشابه
Tokelau Island Migrant Study
This report investigates the effect of migration on the familial aggregation of BP. Subjects are from the Tokelau Island Migrant Study, a collaboratire multidisdpllnary study focusing on the changes in blood pressure (BP) and other variables important in cardiovascular disease that occur as a consequence of migration from an atoll homeland in the South Pacific to New Zealand. The study is uniqu...
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ringworm in 1874, but he considered the fungus to be identical with that of the European ringworm. Manson (1879?82) in China was the first to describe the disease in any detail and he gave it the name tinea imbricata; he considered the fungus a non-cultivable Trichophyton, to which Blanchard gave the name Trichophyton concentricum. Castellani in Ceylon (1910-11) was the first to cultivate the f...
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The prevalence and 14 year incidence of clinical gout and its precursors were investigated in the Polynesian population of Tokelauans living in the Pacific basin, non-migrant Tokelauans living in their isolated atoll homeland being compared with migrant Tokelauans living in urban New Zealand. The age standardised prevalence of gout in Tokelauan men in New Zealand was higher than that in non-mig...
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that children in Tokelau have a lower prevalence of asthma and atopy compared to Tokelauan children resident in New Zealand. We hypothesized that the low asthma and atopy prevalence in Tokelau may be associated with low indoor allergen levels. METHODS Dust was collected from bedding and floors of 76 homes and four public buildings in Tokelau and from the...
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Cane sugar, sucrose, is a molecule composed of one unit of glucose and one of fructose. In the body, both the glucose and fructose are eventually burnt to produce carbon dioxide and water and provide energy that allows the body to maintain homeostasis. Other dietary macronutrients including other carbohydrates e.g. as in taro, fats, protein and alcohol are also be burnt to provide energy. There...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of New Zealand Studies
سال: 1997
ISSN: 2324-3740,1173-6348
DOI: 10.26686/jnzs.v7i3.379