background : this study was to investigate the health literacy and influencing factors of older population in pension institution of xinjiang, china. methods : elderly people were selected from 44 pension institutions in urumqi, changji, karamay and shihezi and from september 2011 to june 2012 using random layer sampling method. the investigation was carried out by chi-nese citizen health liter...

Objective: There has been a global increase in the incidence of abdominal trauma in surgical patients. We conducted this study to evaluate the pattern of abdominal injuries, patient characteristics and the management outcome in our setting.Methods: It was a descriptive (combined retrospective and prospective) study of all patients with abdominal trauma admitted and managed at Ekiti State ...

the participation of n.g.os can also be found in the process of creating and their control as well as in the area of their application and the implementation of these norms. clearly, this study dose not attempt to present a general picture of the modus operandi of n.g.os in international law. these can only serve as a secondary aspect of the main subject of this study, from the viewpoint partic...

background hydatidosis is an infectious disease resulting from the development of the larval form of the parasite echinococcus granulosus in humans. the invasion of the chest wall by echinococcosis is rarely described. methods the current study reported all cases of chest wall hydatidosis treated in the department of cardiothoracic surgery from january 1990 to december 2011. results the mean ag...