Ethnomedicinal Studies on Amritsar District (Punjab), India

Earthquake precursory studies at Amritsar Punjab, India using radon measurement techniques

The continuous soil gas radon and daily monitoring of radon concentration in water is carried out at Amritsar (Punjab, India), a well known seismic zone to study the correlation of radon anomalies in relation to seismic activities in the study area. In this study, radon monitoring in soil was carried out by using barasol probe (BMC2) manufactured by Algade France whereas the radon content in wa...

Study of Forced Vital Capacity in Healthy School Children of Amritsar District, Punjab

The present study was undertaken on healthy school children in Amritsar district, which could serve as a basis for comparative evaluation in children during health as well as disease. The study was conducted among 800 school children (400 boys and 400 girls) of Amritsar district of Punjab, 6-15 years of age. They were categorized in 3 groups group A (6-9 years), group B (10-12 years), group C (...

Effect of Hand Dominance in Grip Strength in Collegiate Population of Amritsar, Punjab, India

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the grip strength between the two sides for the right and left handed male and female collegiate Indian population, as grip strength provides an objective index for the functional integrity of upper extremity. The study is based on151 males (103 right handed and 48 left handed) and 152 females (129 right handed and 23 left handed) collegiate populati...

Scrub Typhus in the Karnal District of Punjab (India)

[This corrects the article on p. 621 in vol. 88.].

Scrub Typhus in the Kanal District of Punjab (India)