Keloids in rural black South Africans. Part 1: general overview and essential fatty acid hypotheses for keloid formation and prevention

2000 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 237-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Louw
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Essential Fatty Acid ◽  
South Africans ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Black South Africans ◽  
Keloid Formation

Suicidal Behavior in Black South Africans

Crisis ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lourens Schlebusch ◽  
Naseema B.M. Vawda ◽  
Brenda A. Bosch
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
South African Society ◽  
South Africans ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Black South Africans ◽  
To Come

Summary: In the past suicidal behavior among Black South Africans has been largely underresearched. Earlier studies among the other main ethnic groups in the country showed suicidal behavior in those groups to be a serious problem. This article briefly reviews some of the more recent research on suicidal behavior in Black South Africans. The results indicate an apparent increase in suicidal behavior in this group. Several explanations are offered for the change in suicidal behavior in the reported clinical populations. This includes past difficulties for all South Africans to access health care facilities in the Apartheid (legal racial separation) era, and present difficulties of post-Apartheid transformation the South African society is undergoing, as the people struggle to come to terms with the deleterious effects of the former South African racial policies, related socio-cultural, socio-economic, and other pressures.

Associations of glycated albumin and fructosamine with glycaemic status in urban black South Africans

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasheeta Peer ◽  
Jaya George ◽  
Carl Lombard ◽  
Naomi Levitt ◽  
Andre-Pascal Kengne
Keyword(s):  
Glycated Albumin ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Black South Africans
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