Dr Chrysanthus Chukwuma Sr, Executive Director, Centre for Future-Oriented Studies, c/o 12 Mgbowo Street, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, West Africa

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: 98% of these publications was derived from personal initiative & resources

"WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH." PROVERBS 29:18

• C. Chukwuma, Sr & P. Bjurulf (1990): A case study of the information-base needed for effective evaluation of primary health care programmes in Anambra State, Nigeria. International Journal of Health Sciences, 1(2):137-48.
• M.H. Makame & the DERI Study Group (1992): Type 1 diabetes, insulin & Africa. Diabetic Medicine, 9(6):571-3.
• E.S. Tull, M.H. Makame & the DERI Study Group (1992). Evaluation of type 1 diabetes in black African-heritage populations: no time for further neglect. Diabetic Medicine, 9(6):513-92.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (1992): Comments on the clinical impact of hypertension in Type 1 diabetes. J Diabetes Complications, 6(197-202).
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (1993): The impacts of mining operations in Nigeria with particular reference to the Enyigba-Abakaliki area. International Journal of Environmental Education & Information, 12(4):321-36.
{The only paper listed from/on Africa "On HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT" in the United Nations Environment Programme, African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Tripoli 29-30 June, 2004}
• --------------- (1993):Cadmium, lead & zinc from terrestrial plants in the Enyigba-Abakaliki lead & zinc mine: search for a monitoring plant species in trace element distribution. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 51(5):665-71.
• --------------- (1993): Comparison of the accumulation of cadmium, lead & zinc in edible & wild plant species in the derelict Enyigba-Abakaliki lead & zinc mine, Nigeria. Toxicology & Environmental Chemistry, 38:167-73.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr & J. Tuomilehto (1993): Type 1 diabetes & the risk of coronary heart disease. Cardiovascular Risk Factors 3(2):129-37.
• --------------- (1993):Diabetes & the risk of stroke. J Diabetes Complications, 7(4):250-62.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (1993): Type 1 diabetic nephropathy: clinical features and economic impact. J Diabetes Complications, 7(1):15-27.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (1994): Health concepts, issues and experience in Abakaliki area, Nigeria. Environmental Health Perspectives, 102(10):854-6.
• --------------- (1994):Environment & Development: A Social Evaluation Survey in Nigeria in 1992. International Journal of Environmental Education & Information, 13(2):183-208.
• --------------- (1994): Environment & Development: Approaches to strategies for the improvement of human well-being in Abakaliki area, Nigeria. Environmental Conservation, 21(4):359-61.
• --------------- (1994):Contamination of soils and rice by heavy metals in the Enyigba-Abakaliki lead & zinc mine, Nigeria. Toxicology & Environmental Chemistry, 41:125-30.
• --------------- (1994): Evaluating baseline data for lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) in rice, yam, cassava, and guinea grass from cultivated soils in Nigeria. Toxicology & Environmental Chemistry, 45:45-56.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (1995): Latent constraints for improved environmental health management in non-industrialised countries. Environmental Management & Health, 6(4):9-14.
• --------------- (1995): Environmental, developmental and health perspectives in Egypt. Environmental Management & Health, 6(1):38-46.
• --------------- (1995): Social welfare and population dynamics in Egypt with particular reference to the status of women. International Journal of Environmental Education & Information, 14(1):45-62.
• --------------- (1995): Administrative policy and co-operative responsibility for environmental protection and sustainable development in Nigeria. International Journal of Environmental Education & Information, 14(4):393-404.
• --------------- (1995): Application of global concepts to the Nigerian food crisis. Economic Planning in Free Societies - Journal for Agriculture & Related Industries, 31(5):3-9.
• --------------- (1995): Strategy for environmental impact assessment, planning and management of non-ferrous metal mining operations in Nigeria. Environmental Conservation, 22(3):261-3.
• --------------- (1995): Evaluating baseline data for copper, manganese, nickel, and zinc in rice, yam, cassava, and guinea grass from cultivated soils in Nigeria. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 53(1):47-61.
• --------------- (1995): ibid Erratum Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 56(1):71-74.
• --------------- (1995): A comparative study of cadmium, lead, zinc, pH, and bulk density from the Enyigba lead and zinc mine in two different seasons. Ecotoxicol & Environmental Safety, 31(3):246-9.
• --------------- (1995):Type II diabetic nephropathy in perspective. J Diabetes Complications, 9(1):55-67.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (1996): Perspectives for a sustainable society. Environmental Management & Health, 7(5):6-20.
• --------------- (1996): Defining environmental management and planning policy in Nigeria. International Journal of Agriculture Medicine & Rural Health, 20(1):13-18.
• --------------- (1996): Undergirding environmental legislation and citizen participation in developing countries. International Journal of Environmental Education & Information, 15(3):319-330.
• ................(1996): Environmental impact assessment of development projects and natural resources - A viewpoint. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 50:187-200.
• --------------- (1996): Evaluating baseline data for trace elements, pH, organic matter content, and bulk density in agricultural soils in Nigeria. Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 86(1-4):13-34.
• .............. (1996): Comments on the environmental health implications of Acanthamoeba. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 6(1):49-54.
• ............. (1996): BOOK REVIEW - Hunger 1995. Causes of Hunger: fifth annual report on the state of world hunger. Silver Spring, MD, USA, Bread of the World Institute, 1994: pp141. Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 34, no.3.
• ............. (1996): Cryptosporidium: still a public health problem - A review. Nigeria Medical Journal, 30(1):6-10.
• --------------- (1996):Microsporidium in AIDS and HIV-infected patients - A perspective. East African Medical Journal, 73(1):74-8.
• ............... (1996): Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Sub-Saharan Africa: epidemiological, sociological and preventive perspectives. Scandinavian journal of development alternatives, 15(2):74-89.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (1997): Environmental lead exposure in Africa. Ambio, 26(6):399-403.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (1998): Environmental and social consequences of metals and mines on water. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 54(1A):73-81.
• --------------- (1998): Development and implementation of environmental monitoring and information systems for water resources. Environmental Management Health, 9(4):153-9.
• --------------- (1998): Environmental issues and our chemical world - the need for a multidimensional approach in environmental safety, health and management. Environmental Management & Health, 9(2-3):136-43.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr & J. Tuomilehto (1998):The "thrifty" hypotheses: Clinical and epidemiological significance for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease risk factors. J Cardiovascular Risk/Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 5(1):11-23.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (2000) : Land degradation and remediation in Nigeria: Current problems, implications, and modelling for future global change in agricultural and mining areas. International Journal of Environmental Studies - An IAIR Electronic Journal, ISSN 1097-7104, Vol. 3.
• C. Chukwuma, Sr (2001): Environmental health concepts and issues - A viewpoint. International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol 58, pp631-44.
• Dele Raheem & Chrysanthus Chukwuma, Sr (2001): Foods from cassava and their relevance to Nigeria, and other African countries. Agriculture & Human Values, 18(4): 383-390.
• Antikainen RL, Moltchanov VA, Chukwuma C Sr et al (2006): Trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension: the WHO MONICA Project. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 13(1):13-29. (European Society of Cardiology Most Highly Cited Author Award 2009

IN-HOUSE PUBLICATIONS

• Integrative Procedure for Environmental Impact Assessment, Planning and Management of Non-ferrous Metal Mining Operations in Nigeria. University of Helsinki Press, Helsinki, Finland, 1995.

• Health Care Delivery System in the 23 Local Government Areas of Anambra State, Nigeria. Columbia Pacific University Press, San Rafael, California, USA, 1982.

MOST ONTOGENIC PUBLICATIONS POUR MOI

(a) Our Lord's Prayer (learnt 1960)

(b)Psalm 23 (learnt 1960)

(c)The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis (read & studied 1970)

(d)The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale ("ibid")

(e)The Little Flowers of St Francis of Assisi by Brother Ugolino ("ibid)

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