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Indian Journal of Preventive & Social Medicine

Vol. 43, 2012, No. 1

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL : Demystifying genetic epidemiology

CP Mishra, Saurabh Singh

Correlates of nutritional status of geriatric population of a rural area of Varanasi

CP Mishra, PK Gupta

Knowledge and practices regarding obstetric danger signs in women attending Ante-Natal Care Clinic at BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur.

Renu Sangal, Reena Srivastava, AK Singh, Dhirendra K Srivastava, Meera, Humakhan

Associates of severity of alcohol dependence

Ranjana Tiwari, Adaya Shanker Srivastava, Sandhya Singh Kaushik, Kamaluddin Sheikh

Quality of maternal care services: Cross-sectional study from a border district of Uttar Pradesh

CM Singh, A Kaushik , PK Jain, S Kumar, SK Shukla, V Rani

Prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs among school going children in urban and suburban areas of Varanasi District

TP Chaturvedi, Rajat Kumar Singh, Rajul Vivek, Ankita Singh, CP Mishra

Anaemia and body mass index among non pregnant tribal women of reproductive age group in Palakkad district of Kerala

Sreelakshmi PR, K Vijayakumar, TS Anish, BM Shrinivasa, S Sheela, A Abraha, Alice Mendez

Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among medical college students, HIMS, Dehradun

AK Srivastava, SD Kandpal, KS Negi , Abha Srivastava

How do peers and family members influence smoking behavior of college students?

Rupali Roy, A.K Sharma

Awareness about family planning methods among school going adolescent girls (14-19 years) of Kanpur

Mehar Bano, RP Sharma, DS Martolia, Punit Varma, P Goyal , S Barman

Maternal care in a rural area of Varanasi

S Shivalli, CP Mishra, MK Gupta, Archisman Mohapatra

Growth and morbidity pattern of an urban girls, school student in Gujarat

Mausumi Basu, Palash Das, Ratan K. Srivastava

Emergency contraceptive pills: Perception and practice among college students in a rural area of West Bengal

PK Mandal, B. Paria, Debadatta Chakrabarty, AK Sinha Roy, M Sau , Anindya Mukherjee

A comparative study between fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and histopathological examination (HPE) In the diagnoses of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions of thyroid gland

Dipanwita Das, MC Sarma, Adity Sarma , TK Dutta, SK Lahiri

Prognostic indicators in RNTCP and quality of life in tuberculosis patients

M Dhuria , KK Chopra, S Rajpal, NP Singh

Dietary habits and nutritional status of elderly of Allahabad City

Neelam Yadav, R Ravindra, S Sharma, A Singh, M Mishra, J Duubey, A Kumari

An assessment of the affective dimensions of breast cancer survivors

K Satya Piplani, RN Mishra, A Mohapatra, Alok Kumar, Mallika Tiwari, CP Mishra

Micronutrient deficiency in pre-school children of rural, urban and slum areas of UT, Chandigarh

MK Sharma, Dinesh Kumar, NK Goel

Critical appraisal of mass drug administration (MDA) for lymphatic filariasis in a district of West Bengal

SN Jha , S Mukherjee , SK Bhattacharya , DN Goswami, U Dasgupta, A Sinha

Monitoring of domestic breeding of dengue fever vector alongside intensified pulse polio immunization Programme (IPPIP) Phases In Delhi Cantonment : A rewarding experience

R Srivastava, S Matta , R Bajpai, PK Dutta

Prevalence of Anaemia in rural adolescent girls of Varanasi

Richa, CP Mishra, Amit Kaushik, S Ahamad, Manoj K Gupta, Saurabh Singh


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