Disease pattern in earthquake affected areas of Pakistan: data from Kaghan valley.

Subclinical nutritional rickets among adolescents in Kaghan Valley.

OBJECTIVE To determine the occurrence of subclinical rickets and its causing factors among adolescent students of schools in Kaghan Valley, Pakistan. STUDY DESIGN Observation cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Biochemistry and Health Sciences, Hazara University, Mansehra, Ayub Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, from March to April 2012. METHOD...

Earthquake Induced Forest Damages in Balakot, Palas Valley, Muzaffarabad and Bagh Areas of North West Frontier Province and Azad Jammu and Kashmir Regions

The earthquake hit Pakistan on October 8, 2005. The Balakot, Palas Valley, Muzaffarabad and Bagh areas of NWFP and AJ and K were adversely affected. Being eminent because of their forestry resources, it was essential to assess the damages caused by the earthquake. For the purpose, the study was launched with primary focus of investigating the forest damages due to the earthquake in the aforemen...

Comparision of health needs of older people between affected rural and urban areas after the 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan earthquake.

INTRODUCTION On 08 October 2005, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, struck Pakistan's autonomous state of Kashmir and part of Indian-administrated Kashmir.The official death toll in Pakistan was 79,000, and nearly 1,400 in Kashmir. This study reports the findings of a three-week health needs assessment to understand the needs of rural, older people postearthquake. This study was ...

Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf Isotope Geochemistry of the Himalayan High- and Ultrahigh- Pressure Eclogites, Kaghan Valley, Pakistan

Seasonal and monthly prevalence pattern of fasciolosis in buffaloes and its relation to some climatic factors in northeastern areas of Punjab, Pakistan

A study was conducted in the northeastern areas of Punjab province (Pakistan) to analyse the monthlyand seasonal pattern of fasciolosis in buffaloes and its relation to some climatic factors (temperature,humidity, rainfall and pan-evaporation) was also worked out. The faecal samples of buffaloes were collectedfrom April 2003 to March 2005 on a monthly basis from randomly selected areas and anal...