Publications by authors named "A N Abu-Saif"
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- A cross-sectional study analyzed the growth of 780 children aged 0-12 years in Ismailia, Egypt, comparing those living near high voltage power lines to a control group.
- The study found significant reductions in weight at birth and in head, chest, and height measurements at all ages for children near the power lines.
- X-ray assessments showed delayed bone maturation in these children, leading to the conclusion that proximity to electromagnetic fields from power lines is linked to growth retardation, suggesting the need for better safety measures.
A multi-stage stratified sample of 12,515 individuals from 1,941 households in 42 villages in the Ismailia governorate of Egypt were surveyed for schistosomal infection. A subset of 2,390 subjects were surveyed for morbidity by physical and ultrasonographic examination. The prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection in rural Ismailia was 42.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The objective of this population-based study was to estimate the liver morbidity attributable to Schistosoma mansoni infection by ultrasonography adopting the proposed standard protocols of the Cairo Meeting on Ultrasonography, 1991. We examined 2384 individuals representing 20% of the households of the rural population of the Ismailia Governorate, East of Delta, Egypt. Prevalence of S.
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