Otago University Research Archive

Division of Health Sciences Departments

Otago University Research Archive

Division of Health Sciences Departments

 

The Division of Health Sciences will provide New Zealand society and other communities with a highly qualified workforce in the health professions. The Division will promote health and health care through basic and applied research and academic and professional leadership. This will be achieved through research-based undergraduate, postgraduate and professional academic programmes of international standard in the health sciences and related sciences.

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Recent Deposits

  • Fletcher, Justin Geoffrey Revell (Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2013)
    Background: Despite being prone to degenerative disease and other pathology, relatively little is known of the morphology and morphometry of thoracic intervertebral discs in comparison to discs in the cervical and lumbar ...
  • Longley, Meredith (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1988)
    Facial Eczema (FE) is a disease of ruminants that was first reported in New Zealand at the beginning of this century. Today this disease is considered the most important mycotoxin affecting the sheep industry, causing an ...
  • Moore, Abigail Eve (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)
    Iatrogenic nerve injury causes distress and disability, often leading to litigation. To date, the scale and profile of these injuries can only be estimated from published case reports or series, and medico-legal claims ...
  • Becker, Ines (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)
    The pubic symphysis is a fibrocartilaginous joint that unites the two pubic bones at the pelvis anteriorly, and is stabilised by surrounding ligaments. Pain in the region of the pubic symphysis, also known as symphyseal ...
  • Lam, Emily (Thesis, Doctor of Clinical Dentistry, 2010)
    Background: White spot lesions (WSLs) on dental enamel have been an ongoing dilemma for orthodontists. Patients with fixed orthodontic appliances (braces) appear to have significantly more WSLs. Past research has explored ...

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