Heavy metal accumulation in fruits and vegetables and human health risk assessment: findings from Maharashtra, India

G Mawari, N Kumar, S Sarkar… - Environmental …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
background: Vegetables are consumed enormously by humans all over the world.
Consumption of contaminated fruits and vegetables is the most likely route of heavy metal …

Human health risk assessment due to heavy metals in ground and surface water and association of diseases with drinking water sources: A study from Maharashtra …

G Mawari, N Kumar, S Sarkar… - Environmental …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Contamination of freshwater sources can be caused by both anthropogenic
and natural processes. According to Central Pollution Control Board, Maharashtra along …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 booster dose coverage and hesitancy among older adults in an urban slum and resettlement colony in Delhi, India

N Sharma, S Basu, H Lalwani, S Rao, M Malik, S Garg… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The high prevalence of vaccine booster hesitancy, with the concomitant
waning of humoral vaccine or hybrid immunity, and the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants …

[HTML][HTML] Risk assessment of diabetes using the Indian diabetes risk score: A study on young medical students from Northern India

MM Singh, V Mangla, R Pangtey… - Indian Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Aims: Present study was conducted among young medical students to assess risk of type 2
diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using the IDRS and to study association of risk of diabetes with …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of a mhealth intervention on anti-tuberculosis medication adherence in Delhi, India: A quasi-experimental study

S Santra, S Garg, S Basu, N Sharma… - Indian Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Suboptimal adherence to anti-tuberculosis medication in patients is associated
with adverse treatment outcomes including treatment failure, relapse, and emergence of …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and correlates of tobacco smoking, awareness of hazards, and quitting behavior among persons aged 30 years or above in a resettlement colony …

A Garg, MM Singh, VK Gupta, S Garg, MK Daga… - Lung India, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Aim: To assess the prevalence and correlates of current smoking, awareness of hazards,
and quitting behavior among smokers 30 years and above. Materials and Methods: Study …

[HTML][HTML] Menstrual hygiene management and its determinants among adolescent girls in low-income urban areas of Delhi, India: a community-based study

S Garg, N Bhatnagar, MM Singh, S Basu… - Osong Public Health …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in developing countries is linked to
human rights, social justice, and the education and empowerment of young girls. The …

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Delhi, India-September-October 2021–a population based seroepidemiological study

P Sharma, S Basu, S Mishra, E Gupta, R Aggarwal… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background We conducted a repeat serosurvey in Delhi, India to estimate the
seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the general population and compare the antibody …

[HTML][HTML] Hypertension care cascade in an urban resettlement colony and slum in Delhi, India: a cross-sectional survey

MM Singh, S Basu, H Lalwani, S Rao, V Maheshwari… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Hypertension care cascade in resource-limited settings is compromised with a
majority of patients with hypertension remaining undiagnosed, untreated, non-adherent, and …

[HTML][HTML] Non-compliant packaging and illicit smokeless tobacco in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: findings of a pack analysis

SM Abdullah, R Huque, K Siddiqi… - Tobacco …, 2022 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Introduction Illicit smokeless tobacco (ST) trade has seldom been documented despite ST
use in at least 127 countries across the world. Based on non-compliance with packaging …