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G Howells
Publications and source records attributed to G Howells.
The distribution of plutonium in the mouse ovary.
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A new method for the accurate localization of 239Pu in bone.
A new method for the localization of 239Pu in bone is described. The method, which is based on semi-automatic digitization of neutron induced autoradiographs, allows the 239Pu to be localized with respect to bone surfaces with an accuracy of +/- 2 micron. Results are presented for the distribution of 239Pu in the central lumbar vertebrae of female CBA mice at 24 h post-injection.
Visit of Australian medical delegation to China.
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Letter: Addition of drugs to intravenous fluids.
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Letter: Medical students and small pox vaccination.
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Urinary hydroxyproline in children with growth hormone deficiency. Clinical value in diagnosis and prognosis.
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Proceedings: Tuberculosis in the Western Pacific Region: Australia.
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Studies on the acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-positive and -negative autonomic axons supplying smooth muscle in the normal and 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)treated rat iris.
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The effects of tetrachlorethylene in children with kwashiorkor and hookworm infestation.
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The Australian tuberculosis campaign.
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Primary drug resistance in Australia in 1968.
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Diarrhoea in kwashiorkor.
Diarrhoea was a common problem in the kwashiorkor seen in Kampala, contributing to the mortality and delay in recovery. Enteric infection was found in only a few children (8%), but when present it caused particularly severe diarrhoea and was frequently complicated by septicaemia.Sugar intolerance often occurred to lactose and other sugars, both monosaccharide and disaccharide. The children were most commonly intolerant of lactose, and some of these may have had a hereditary lactase deficiency.Antibiotics are rarely indicated for the treatment of diarrhoea in kwashiorkor in Kampala. If reducing substances are found in the stool of a child on a milk diet, a diet based on sucrose is substituted, and if intolerance persists a fructose diet is given. A few children are intolerant of all sugars, including fructose, and for these the prognosis is grave.
The acute encephalopathy of kwashiorkor.
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Minor epidemics of tuberculosis.
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Historical research: process, problems and pitfalls.
Nurse researchers have developed a range of approaches to increase knowledge. In this article, the increasingly influential approach of historical research is described to illustrate the processes and skills involved, and stimulate interest in the study of nursing history. The authors describe the process in the context of a study reported in Nursing Standard (vol 13, no 26) of the impact of pneumoconiosis on miners in South Wales (Howells 1997, Howells and Rees 1999).
Pneumoconiosis: a study of its effect on miners' health in South Wales 1900-1980.
Since its discovery in the late 19th century, pneumoconiosis has shaped the lives of thousands of miners. In some ways it became inextricably linked to the South Wales coal field and was a major public health threat to the men who worked in those mines. The disease was caused by the conditions of work and worsened the situation of many who were already living in poverty. This historical research account traces the miners' plight and touches on some of the public health issues raised by the disease.