Tag: MEDICAL

The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an independent medical aid organization based in Dakar, Senegal. ALIMA has three…

This chapter deals with the presentation and analysis of the collected data. The data was based on the information obtain…

The date obtained was analyzed through the use of frequency distribution tables, percentage and chi-square statistical method.

Malnutrition is one of the biggest health problems that the world currently faces and is associated with more than 41%…

A dietician is one who studied dietetics, while a nutritionist studied nutrition. The two terms are interchangeable; however they are…

During the past decade, evince has shown from several studies that women education is an important determinant of nutritional status…

This research examined the nutritional knowledge among literate and non-literate women in Akwukwu-Igbo, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State….

The distribution of the ABO blood groups varies strinckingly in different parts of the world, different races have a predominate…

Blood typing is a test that determines a need a blood transfusion or are planning to donate blood, not all…

For a blood donor and a recipient to be ABO compatible for transfusion, the recipient cannot be able to produce…

It is important to be cautious in predicting the ABO blood type of children based on the phenotype of their…

These are naturally occurring antibodies present without exposure to red cells containing the antigen. There is some evidence that similar…

ABO antigen are glycolipids in nature, meaning they are oligosaccharide attacked directly to lipids on red cell membrane. These antigen…

Ethnic group consist of individuals and families who are members of international, national, religious, cultural and racial groups that do…

Blood group antigens are sugars and they are attached to various component in the red blood cell membrane, for example…

Traits or distinguishing characteristics are passed from parent to their children through their gene. The estimated 30,000 gene that make…

Blood group system is a series of antigen exhibiting similar serological and physiological characteristics and inherited according to a specific…

ABO blood group system is widely credited to have been discovered by the Austrian scientist Karl Kandsteiner who found three…

Blood perform many important functions within the body, including; 1.      Supply of oxygen to tissue (bound to hemoglobin, which is…

Blood is a body fluid in human and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to…