A comparison of carcinoma of the prostate gland in a low-incidence Nigerian (Ibadan) population and a high-incidence U.S. Afro-American (Washington, D.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe incidence of calcification in the prostate gland of black men from Washington, D.C., and from Ibadan, Nigeria, and Accra, Ghana, West Africa, was assessed in a total of 874 consecutive, unselected prostate specimens removed at autopsy during a five-year period (1973--1978).
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July 1977
Poor attendance at a health centre pre-school child screening clinic (total default rate 41.2 per cent) raises the question of whether selective screening would be a more realistic alternative to comprehensive screening. Furthermore, an analysis of the outcome of screening over one year has shown a low prevalence of abnormalities and underlines the need to justify such programmes as worthwhile screening tests.
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