Disease relevance of Schools

• Malarial parasitemia among nonimmune preschool children may contribute to low serum retinol, whereas malarial parasitemia did not have any effects in semiimmune primary school children [1].
• Spatial and temporal circulation of dengue virus serotypes: a prospective study of primary school children in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand [2].
• Confirmation of an outbreak of parvovirus B19 in a primary school using IgM ELISA and PCR on thumb prick blood samples [3].
• In 1989 the prevalence of hepatitis B virus markers was studied by radioimmunoassay in a sample of 1,426 healthy children, 3 to 11 years old, attending kindergarten and the primary schools in a large urban area of the Apulia Region in Southern Italy, where the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among pregnant women is 5.6% [4].
• The aim of this study was to determine whether teacher-supervised toothbrushing, once a day, at school, during term time, with commercial toothpaste containing 1,450 ppm fluoride, could reduce dental caries in primary school children when compared with children from the same community who did not receive this intervention [5].

Psychiatry related information on Schools

• The purpose of this study was to examine coronary risk factors and physical activity patterns of primary and secondary school children in Singapore. Children 6-18 yr (730 boys, 849 girls) were evaluated for anthropometry, percent body fat, resting blood pressure, fasting plasma lipids and lipoproteins and glucose [6].
• RESULTS: Men with both parents who had less than a primary school education or who both had unskilled manual jobs had higher age-adjusted levels of cynical hostility, hopelessness, and depressive symptoms in adulthood [7].
• Supportive social relationships and adolescent health risk behavior among secondary school students in El Salvador [8].

High impact information on Schools

• OBJECTIVE: The objective was to determine the efficacy of daily consumption of boiled and mashed OFSP in improving the vitamin A status of primary school children [9].
• We determined the prevalence of markers of atopy and asthma among 1, 199 rural secondary school students ages 12 to 19 yr [10].
• Effect of iron-, iodine-, and beta-carotene-fortified biscuits on the micronutrient status of primary school children: a randomized controlled trial [11].
• In contrast, the inverse relation between S. mansoni and serum retinol found in primary school children could be due to an effect of infection on serum retinol or an increased susceptibility to infection among children with low serum retinol [1].
• OBJECTIVE: The study was designed to examine the levels of cat allergen (Fel d 1) in the primary school environment, both on floors and on children's clothing [12].

Chemical compound and disease context of Schools

• OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in a second primary school cohort in a community in South Africa. METHOD: Active case ascertainment, two-tier screening, and Institute of Medicine assessment methodology were employed among 857 first grade pupils, most born in 1993 [13].
• Eight of 22 non-capsulate strains of Neisseria meningitidis previously isolated from primary school children were re-identified as N. polysaccharea by aminopeptidase reactions and polysaccharide production [14].

Biological context of Schools

• Epidemiology of inapparent and symptomatic acute dengue virus infection: a prospective study of primary school children in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand [15].
• OBJECTIVE: To examine the serum fatty acid composition, serum cholesterol levels, and dietary fat intake associated with body composition in primary school children of both urban and rural regions in Taiwan. DESIGN: Subjects were randomly stratified by region and primary school [16].
• A preliminary screening study of six Moraxella catarrhalis isolates from primary school children in the Netherlands identified a small 3.5 kb plasmid (pEMCJH03), containing four open reading frames, which encoded three mobilizing and one replicase protein [17].
• Rint values were obtained from 557 children in two nursery and two primary schools in the north of the Netherlands. Besides information on parental smoking habits, we collected data on characteristics that might affect airway resistance (respiratory symptoms, atopy, and family history for asthma), using a short questionnaire [18].
• A total of 2,053 children 7 to 10 yr of age were randomly sampled from Auckland primary schools and assessed by a questionnaire and histamine inhalation challenge [19].

Associations of Schools with chemical compounds

• For primary school children, age, sex, and S. mansoni egg output were predictors of serum retinol [1].
• In a cross-sectional survey of primary school children (7 to 11 yr) in Latium (Italy), a total of 1,215 methacholine challenge tests was performed [20].
• Children in four primary schools were given thrice-yearly mebendazole (500 mg) and compared with children in four schools that received twice-yearly mebendazole and children in four non-program schools [21].
• Growth, activity, appetite and intestinal helminth infections were compared for 55 Kenyan primary school children with hookworm (93% prevalence), T. trichiura (84% prevalence) and A. lumbricoides (29% prevalence) before and 9 wk after treatment with three 400-mg doses of albendazole (Zentel) or placebo [22].
• Alternate use of deferiprone and desferrioxamine in primary school children with thalassaemia major [23].

Gene context of Schools

• We investigated the effect of the G-174C IL-6 polymorphism on health indices and lipid values of 184 Greek primary school children [24].
• This study examined five central issues regarding the classification of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in an epidemiologically derived sample of primary school children [25].
• 35,660 healthy children attending secondary school in the Cosenza province, in the North of Calabria (Southern Italy), were screened for G6PD deficiency [26].
• Incidence of myopia was 144.1 +/- 2.31 (SD) per 1000 primary school children per annum [27].
• METHODS AND RESULTS: A microepidemic of tuberculosis in a secondary school with 604 girls in Cork city, Ireland, in 1986 with follow up to 1990 is described [28].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Schools

• METHODS: From 1981 to 1984, height and weight of 479 subjects (343 boys and 136 girls) were measured every year from entrance into primary school until graduation from high school in Tokyo. Obese children were defined as those with a body mass index (BMI) at or above the age-sex-specific standard value, derived from Japanese nationwide data [29].
• METHODS: In March, 1994, 1164 (93.6%) of 1243 students from all 6 kindergartens, 9 primary schools and 3 middle schools in Paisha Township participated in the screening for anti-HCV by enzyme immunoassay with second generation commercial kits (Abbott EIA 2.0) [30].
• This study compares the presence and level of measles haemagglutination inhibiting antibody in the sera of primary school children in selected rural and urban areas of Kaduna State, Nigeria following a vaccination campaign [31].
• Reliability and validity of the Rey Visual Design Learning Test in primary school children [32].
• Nine hundred and ninety-six children from four primary schools in Perth, Western Australia, were recruited for a domestic environmental and health survey during March and April of 2002 [33].

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