Address for Correspondence: Dr. Ashfaq Ul Hassan, MBBS MD, Lecturer SKIMS Medical College Bemina Srinagar, Kashmir, India. E-Mail: [email protected] Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: *1 MBBS MD, Lecturer, SKIMS Medical College Bemina Srinagar, Kashmir, India. 2 MBBS, Medical Consultant, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, Kashmir India. 3 Prof...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the caries experience in 6 -12‐yearold schoolchildren in Kashmir Division of Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Material & methods: This study was carried out in Budgam District of Kashmir Division of Jammu and Kashmir State, India. A cluster sampling was done to collect the sample. Schools accessible and situated in the district were selecte...

diabetes mellitus (dm) is a major public health problem. objective of current study was to know the demography, clinical characteristics and etiology of youth diabetes mellitus (dm) in kashmir, north india. methods: a prospective hospital based study, carried out in the department of endocrinology, skims srinagar, kashmir india over the period from 2008 july - september 2010. setting: a teachin...

The aim of this study was to investigate the health risks associated with the man power working in the cement factories at Kashmir, India. In order to study the health hazards of cement factory on workers, three cement factories were considered for the studies which includes; JK Cements Ltd. Khrew, Saifco Cements Ltd. Khonmoh and Khyber cements Ltd. Khonmoh Kashmir, India. Total of 10% of emplo...

148 Correspondence (‹letiflim): Gh Nabi Dar, M.D. Department of Orthopaedics, Gove r n m e n t Medical College Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Tel: +09 1 0 1 9 4 2424660 Fax ( F a k s ): +09 1 0 1 9 4 243730 e-m a i l ( e -p o s t a) : d r g n d a r @ y a h o o . c o . i n Department of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College Srinagar, University of Kashmir, Kashmir, India. Kaflmir Üniversitesi, Sri...

The Kashmiri population is an ethno-linguistic group that resides in the Kashmir Valley in northern India. A longstanding hypothesis is that this population derives ancestry from Jewish and/or Greek sources. There is historical and archaeological evidence of ancient Greek presence in India and Kashmir. Further, some historical accounts suggest ancient Hebrew ancestry as well. To date, it has no...

Saleem Mushtaq, Qazi Parvaiz Hassan, Rashmi Sharma, Rabiya Majeed, Abid Hamid Dar, Phalisteen Sultan, Inshad Ali Khan, Sheikh Abid Ali & Md Niamat Ali Biotechnology Division, CSIR Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanatnagar, Srinagar190005, India; Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Srinagar190006, India; Clinical Microbiology Division, CSIRIndian Institut...

Alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb (Amaranthaceae) is being reported for the first time from Kashmir, India. Alternanthera philoxeroides was collected in 2008 during the vegetation survey of Wular Lake, a wetland of international importance under Ramsar convention. Alternanthera philoxeroides is a noxious invasive weed widespread throughout the world. We suggested that al...

Disability is usually referred to as an individual’s disadvantage. Helping a person with disability is perceived as an act of distribution of benefits and sharing of burdens. Persons with disabilities make up a significant part of the world’s population an estimated 1 in every 10 people, amounting to 650 million people (UNFA REPORT 2009). This includes persons who are blind, deaf, or have other...

Owais Gowhar1, Narendra Nath Singh2, Tasneem S Ain3, Saima Sultan4 1Dental Surgeon, Department of Dentistry, Government J and K Health Services, Jammu and Kashmir, India, 2Professor and Head, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 3Dental Specialist, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental Colle...