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Sibudu Cave, Kwazulu-Natal: Background To The Excavations Of Middle Stone Age And Iron Age Occupations, Lyn Wadley, Zenobia Jacobs
Sibudu Cave, Kwazulu-Natal: Background To The Excavations Of Middle Stone Age And Iron Age Occupations, Lyn Wadley, Zenobia Jacobs
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Sibudu Cave excavations have yielded an Iron Age occupation directly overlying a long sequence of final Middle Stone Age (MSA) layers dating c. 61 000-26 000 years ago. Older, undated layers contain a Howiesons Poort Industry. A diverse animal population is represented in the final MSA. Proxy environmental data suggest cooler, drier conditions with a larger savanna component to the vegetation than at present.
Full Term, Peri-Urban South African Infants Under Six Months Of Age Are At Risk For Early-Onset Anemia., Lindi Sibeko, Ma Dhansay, Karen E. Charlton, Timothy Johns, M Van Stuijvenberg, Katherine Gray-Donald
Full Term, Peri-Urban South African Infants Under Six Months Of Age Are At Risk For Early-Onset Anemia., Lindi Sibeko, Ma Dhansay, Karen E. Charlton, Timothy Johns, M Van Stuijvenberg, Katherine Gray-Donald
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Objective: There is a paucity of data on the micronutrient status of low-income, lactating South African women and their infants under 6 months of age. The aim of this study was to elucidate the level of anaemia and vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in peri-urban breast-feeding women and their young infants.
Design: Cross-sectional study including anthropometric, biochemical and infant feeding data.
Setting: Peri-urban settlement in Cape Town, South Africa.
Subjects: Breast-feeding women (n = 113) and their infants (aged 1–6 months) attending a peri-urban clinic.
Results: Mean (standard deviation (SD)) haemoglobin (Hb) of the lactating mothers was 12.4 (1.3) gdl …