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JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE ISSN: 1582-5388
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C O N T E N T S Public health Natural radioactivity of some mineral waters and population doses Elena Botezatu,
Olga Iacob, Angela Aflorei,
Garofiţa Elisei,
Olga Căpitanu Abstract. There are many mineral water springs in the northeastern Key words:
mineral water, springs, bottled water, natural radioactivity, gross alpha and
beta radioactivity, specific activities
of natural uranium, natural thorium,
radium-226, potassium-40, effective doses Ü FULL TEXT.PDF Physical development of child and
adolescent: results of the 1999 survey Marieta Vasilov, Oana Drug, Lidia Rusu, L. Abiţei, Maria Barbu, A. Chiroşcă, Luminiţa Manole, Brînduşa Seciu, Petronela Simion, Angela Verban Abstract. In 1999 a study on physical development of
children between 0-18 years of age was performed. Present investigation is a 8th stage of the national study which begun
in 1950. The authors present the results of physical examination of over
53,000 children and adolescents living in 7 districts from the eastern Key words: child, adolescent, physical development indices, loco-regional developmental
standards, longitudinal study,
trend of physical development Ü FULL TEXT.PDF Maternal haematological and biochemical parameters and pregnancy
outcome Victoria Papadopol, Otilia Damian, Iliana
Palamaru, Cristina Adam, Nicoleta Florescu, Doina Dămăceanu Abstract. An important external risk factor for pregnant women and newborn
health is unbalanced nutrition of pregnant women. We have examined how some
parameters reflecting nutritional status of a group of mothers delivering are
related to the pregnancy outcome. The studied group consisted of 211 fullterm pregnant women who were hospitalized for
delivery in “Cuza –Vodă”
Maternity from Key words: pregnancy, maternal haematological and biochemical parameters, newborn data Ü FULL TEXT.PDF Dyslipidemia in hypertensive
patients in a primary
care unit catchment area
Elena Lungu, Iliana Palamaru, Lidia Rusu, Roxana Alexandrescu Abstracts. The present study is part of
a program with aimed to assess the prevalence of physical, metabolic and behavioural risk factors related to primary hypertension.
This cross-sectional survey was conducted in a primary care unit in Key words:
primary hypertension, body mass index, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol,
cardiovascular disease. Ü FULL
TEXT.PDF A follow-up of men and women who
grew up in Romanian orphanages
N. Lie, D. Murarasu Abstract. In 1997-98, 55 boys (born
1976) and 20 girls (born 1977) who grew up in Key words: orphanages, ex-care, follow-up, jobs, accommodation, diseases, alcohol, drugs, criminality Ü FULL TEXT.PDF Epidemiology: communicable diseases The development
of human papilloma virus
(HPV) vaccines Mihaela Grigore,
Ana Cristina Anton Abstract. The discovery that human papilloma virus (HPV) causes the vast majority of
cervical cancers opens new possibilities for controlling this disease, which
is the second most common cancer among women worldwide. Research centers
around the world are actively involved in developing HPV vaccines. The paper
presents the latest information regarding both prophylactic and therapeutic
vaccines. Key words: human papiloma virus, vaccine, cervical cancer Ü FULL TEXT.PDF E.Platkov, E.Shlyakhov, V.Glick, S.Khalemsky, A.Fischbein Abstract.
148 hospital employees were examined at different time periods after immunization with recombinant DNA Hepatitis B vaccine (Engerix-B)
according to recommended intramuscular method.
20 (13.5%) hospital employees
for whom 5 years have elapsed since first vaccination
had insufficient levels of antibody (HBsAb) response, <10 mIU/ml, and considered
unprotected. 46 (31.1%) had
titers between 11 and 100 mIU/ml indicating feeble protection. 82 (55.4%) were considered sufficiently protected (>100 mIU/ml), and 28 (18.9%) from them had very
high levels of HBsAb (>1000 mIU/ml). HBsAg was not
detected in any of examined workers. Median concentrations of serum immunoglobulins (IgG, IgM, IgA) were
within normal laboratory ranges, but lower among unprotected and feebly protected
persons than among those with
sufficient protection. Our data demonstrate an association
of time lapse between vaccination and the degree
of antibody response. They also suggest
that immunological host factors influence the outcome of vaccination.
Key words: hepatitis B vaccination, hospital employees, and humoral response Ü FULL
TEXT.PDF Setotypes of escherichia coli enteroinvasive in northeastern districts of Romania Sofia Constantiniu,
I.Buzdugan, Angela Romaniuc,
L. Cozma, Raluca Filimon, Mariana Dumbrava, Anca Nistor, Lucia Teodoru, Paraschiva Onu, Gabriela Danis Abstract. 30 E.coli enteroinvasive (EIEC) strains were
studied concerning their biochemical characteristics, antigenic behaviour and
the pathogenicity in vivo and in vitro.
The strains were isolated
from children with acute diarrhoea and patients of a foodborne outbreak . All strains presented the general
biochemical reactions of the Escherichia
genus and some characteristics resembling with Shigella genus – nonmotile, fermentation of glucose whithout
gas production, negative for lysine decarboxilase. According to slide
and in tubes agglutination tests the strains were included in the following
serotypes: O25 , O28, O42 , O112 , O124 , O136 , O142 ,
O144. From 34 strains which agglutinated with anti – EIEC monovalent sera only 30 (85.7%) had the ability to produce keratoconjunctivitis on guinea pig’s eye. On Congo red agar all EIEC strains were unpigmented. It is not a correlation between the capacity to bind the dye and the pathogenicity of EIEC strains. Key-words: E.coli, enteroinvasive, biochemical characteristic, serotype, pathogenicity Ü FULL TEXT.PDF History of medicine Practical activities
in public health field in
a model rural center before
the 2nd world war Cristina Ionescu Inspired by the progressive
ideas of preventive medicine, the model health rural units, although able to
solve the public health problems only in restricted areas, were like true
light spots on the country map, demonstrating that an appropriate health care
organization eventually lead to a significant decrease of morbidity and
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