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Assessment of Groundwater quality in Abeokuta North, Nigeria

2022
In Nigeria's Abeokuta North Local Government, groundwater is the primary source of water for municipal usage. However, because most groundwater sources are near areas prone to erosion and most wells are not protected, its quality tends to differ from recommended standards.
Falola, Temitayo Oluwayinka, Adetoro, Ifeoluwa Olanrewaju, Idowu, Olufemi Abiola   +2 more
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Prevalence of violence against pregnant women in Abeokuta, Nigeria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2008
Aim:  To determine the prevalence of violence to pregnant women within 12 months prior to and during the current pregnancy.Methods:  Cross‐sectional study of 534 pregnant women attending three secondary and one tertiary health facility in Abeokuta, Nigeria using semistructured interviewer‐administered questionnaires.Results:  Prevalence of violence ...
Adeniran Olubukola, Fawole, Kehinde Isaac, Hunyinbo, Olufunmilayo Ibitola, Fawole   +2 more
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Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains

2011
Sir Richard Burton (1821–1890) the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one ...
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Schistosoma haematobium infection in Abeokuta.

African journal of medicine and medical sciences, 1999
Ten years after the initial report of the outbreak of schistosomiasis in the vicinity of Sokori stream (a tributary of Ogun River) in Abeokuta, Nigeria, investigation was carried out to determine the present status of the disease, given the increased socioeconomic activities in the city.
C F, Mafiana, Y O, Beyioku
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Abeokuta

Научно-образовательный портал "Большая российская энциклопедия", 2023
Ivan Andreevich Zakharov, Tatyana Sergeevna Denisova, Pavel Igorevich Andrianov   +2 more
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Post-neonatal tetanus in Abeokuta, south-western Nigeria

Paediatrics and International Child Health
To describe the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, treatment outcome and predictors of mortality in patients under 18 years of age with post-neonatal tetanus (PNT) in Abeokuta.This retrospective study of 108 PNT cases admitted over a 10-year period between July 2012 and June 2022 was undertaken at two major referral hospitals in Abeokuta ...
Iyabode Olabisi Florence Dedeke, Morufat Mojisola Ogundeyi, Gregory Olawole Arifalo, Omosalewa Adetutu Oyewole, Oluwaseun Emmanuel Alaba, Oluwatosin Helen Adisa, Sophia Bukola Ishola   +6 more
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Breeding site of larval mosquitoes in Abeokuta, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Entomology, 1998
This study was carried out to determine the mosquito fauna and their breeding sites in Abeokuta, an urban town in Nigeria. Seven species were encountered namely: Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae, Culex andersoni, Cifatigans C decens, Ctigripes and Eretmapodies chrysogaster, in nine habitats. The sites in which they were encountered are tyres, domestic (
C.F. MAFlANA, L. ANAEME, G. O OLATUNDE
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Body fat distribution of children and adolescents in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2013
ABSTRACTExcessive central fat in children and adolescents is a risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. This study aimed to compare the body fat distribution patterns of children and adolescents in Abeokuta, Nigeria with international reference standards.
Idowu O, Senbanjo, Kazeem A, Oshikoya, Olanike A, Olutekunbi, Olisamedua F, Njokanma   +3 more
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Assessment of Meteorological Droughts in Abeokuta, Southwestern, Nigeria

Journal of Climatology & Weather Forecasting, 2018
Meteorological drought are difficult to avoid but could be monitored, and their adverse impacts could be alleviated. This study investigated invisible drought in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria using Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) based on the reconstruction of rainfall events into one and three time scales.
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Aborted Modernization in West Africa? the Case of Abeokuta.

The Journal of African History, 1974
Brunschwig and Crowder have argued that many West African states on the eve of European annexation were on their way towards independent modernization and westernization, and that modernization was frustrated rather than accelerated by European rule.
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