A Todd
Biographic Data
| ID | 22685 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Todd |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Todd |
| SIGNATURE | TODD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1930 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Homeless Street Boys in Nepal
Homeless children live and work independently of their families on the streets in many cities of the developing world. A survey was undertaken to compare the family backgrounds and current lifestyles of 329 six to seventeen year old Nepali boys is contrasting environments. A representative sample of 130 homeless boys is compared with three other groups of 54 rural, 62 urban squatter and 83 urban privileged school - children. Structured questionna…
Heart rate monitoring of physical activity among village, school, and homeless Nepali boys
Continuous HR monitoring, in conjunction with self-reports and direct observation of physical activity, was undertaken in three samples of 10-13-year-old Nepali boys living in different physical and socioeconomic environments. A total of 134 daytime HR profiles were recorded from 67 boys (76 from 31 villagers, 39 from 20 urban middle-class schoolboys, and 19 from 16 homeless street boys). Habitual levels of physical activity were compared using m…
Comparative study of flex heart rate in three samples of Nepali boys
Flex heart rate (HR, beats per minute) has assumed increasing importance in studies of energy expenditure and physical activity. Flex HR is defined as the mean of maximum rest and minimum exercise HR recorded during a standard test. This report examines methodological and substantive issues regarding the measurement and interpretation of population variation in flex HR values. Flex HR was determined for 80 Nepali 10-14-year-old boys living in con…
Growth status of homeless Nepali boys
Amebic infections in asymptomatic homosexual men, lack of evidence of invasive disease
A survey for enteric infections in 140 asymptomatic homosexual men who attended a community clinic revealed a high prevalence of infection with Entamoeba histolytica (27.1 per cent) and Giardia lamblia (15.7 per cent). In contrast, the prevalence of elevated indirect hemagglutination (IHA) titers (greater than or equal to 1:128), which indicate invasive amebiasis, was low (5.7 per cent). Our findings suggest that only a limited amount of invasive…
The Filene Store
Growth status of homeless Nepali boys
Homeless Street Boys in Nepal
Homeless children live and work independently of their families on the streets in many cities of the developing world. A survey was undertaken to compare the family backgrounds and current lifestyles of 329 six to seventeen year old Nepali boys is contrasting environments. A representative sample of 130 homeless boys is compared with three other groups of 54 rural, 62 urban squatter and 83 urban privileged school - children. Structured questionna…
Amebic infections in asymptomatic homosexual men, lack of evidence of invasive disease
A survey for enteric infections in 140 asymptomatic homosexual men who attended a community clinic revealed a high prevalence of infection with Entamoeba histolytica (27.1 per cent) and Giardia lamblia (15.7 per cent). In contrast, the prevalence of elevated indirect hemagglutination (IHA) titers (greater than or equal to 1:128), which indicate invasive amebiasis, was low (5.7 per cent). Our findings suggest that only a limited amount of invasive…
The Filene Store
Amebic infections in asymptomatic homosexual men, lack of evidence of invasive disease
A survey for enteric infections in 140 asymptomatic homosexual men who attended a community clinic revealed a high prevalence of infection with Entamoeba histolytica (27.1 per cent) and Giardia lamblia (15.7 per cent). In contrast, the prevalence of elevated indirect hemagglutination (IHA) titers (greater than or equal to 1:128), which indicate invasive amebiasis, was low (5.7 per cent). Our findings suggest that only a limited amount of invasive…
Heart rate monitoring of physical activity among village, school, and homeless Nepali boys
Continuous HR monitoring, in conjunction with self-reports and direct observation of physical activity, was undertaken in three samples of 10-13-year-old Nepali boys living in different physical and socioeconomic environments. A total of 134 daytime HR profiles were recorded from 67 boys (76 from 31 villagers, 39 from 20 urban middle-class schoolboys, and 19 from 16 homeless street boys). Habitual levels of physical activity were compared using m…
Comparative study of flex heart rate in three samples of Nepali boys
Flex heart rate (HR, beats per minute) has assumed increasing importance in studies of energy expenditure and physical activity. Flex HR is defined as the mean of maximum rest and minimum exercise HR recorded during a standard test. This report examines methodological and substantive issues regarding the measurement and interpretation of population variation in flex HR values. Flex HR was determined for 80 Nepali 10-14-year-old boys living in con…
Growth status of homeless Nepali boys
Homeless Street Boys in Nepal
Homeless children live and work independently of their families on the streets in many cities of the developing world. A survey was undertaken to compare the family backgrounds and current lifestyles of 329 six to seventeen year old Nepali boys is contrasting environments. A representative sample of 130 homeless boys is compared with three other groups of 54 rural, 62 urban squatter and 83 urban privileged school - children. Structured questionna…
Medicine (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Nepali (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropometry (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)