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Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Health Systems and Public Health

Worku, Z

PhD(Statistics) - Senior Lecturer

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 841 3280
Fax number: 012 841 3308
E-mail address: worku@med.up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Lifetime survival analysis and biomedical research

A 3-year socio-economic study of HIV/AIDS patients admitted to hospitals in and around the City of Tshwane

A statistical analysis of common occupational diseases among South African miners from 2000 to 2003

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Ranotsi A, Worku Z: 2006. Factors that affect awareness about the spread of HIV/AIDS in rural Lesotho. Health SA Gesondheid, 11 (2) / Jun, pp 53-61.

Research and technical/policy output for clients:

Churchyard G, Girdler-Brown BV, White N, Worku Z: Technical Report: 2006. The prevalences of selected medical conditions in a group of retrenched South African gold mine workers, and changes in these rates over two years of follow-up. For: Aurum Research (Pty) Ltd.

 

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