Nutritional status of children in two poor communities was studied using conventional anthropometric techniques. A total of 944 children, of which 246 boys and 242 girls in coastal area and 213 boys and 249 girls in the non-coastal area formed the study group. With measurements of height and weight, the prevalence of various forms of growth retardation was determined in two communities. Inspite...

Vaidyamadham is one of the famous Ashthavaidya families in Kerala, the only extant family belonging to the Bharadwajiya group. The family is believed to have been invited to Kerala as Shalavaidyas about 1700 years ago to conduct Yajnas, by none other than the famous Mezhathole Agnihotri, who conducted 99 Somayagas to re-establish the Vedic Karma and Yagnya culture of India. Shalavaidya is a sta...

Kerala, a southern state of India, has shown better performance in the initial months spread disease. But last few months, disease grown breaking all controls and control management system very poor performance. Mathematical modeling is effectively being used prediction world over. In this paper, we make comparative study research conducted on subject based compartmental models social network a...

Silver pomfret, Pampus argenteus is an economically important seafood species. The fishery resource of pomfret in Indian waters shows a dwindling catch since the last few years and the pomfrets caught were mostly undersized which calls for immediate attempts for management of resources. An accurate definition of population structure is important for management of this species. The genetic stock...

Aim: To assess the parasitic contamination of raw vegetables retailed at Mannuthy in Thrissur district of Kerala state, India. Materials and Methods: A total of 112 samples, viz. cabbage (17), mint (11), coriander leaves (11), spinach (15), onion (10), carrot (10), potato (10), ginger (15), beet root (7) and tomato (6) were collected from retail market at Mannuthy, Kerala. Collected samples wer...

CONTEXT Kerala is characterized by a high density of public and private health infrastructure. While less inequality in access has been reported in this Indian state, few studies have looked at problems found within cities. Escalation of costs of private services and reduced public investments could generate some inequalities in access for the poor. OBJECTIVE To assess factors associated with...

The traditional architecture of Kerala, a state in India lying along its southwest coast, is known for its use of natural and passive methods for a comfortable indoor environment. Although there have been attempts to analyze the traditional architecture of Kerala, they were focused only on qualitative approach. An investigation was thus initiated by the authors to understand the passive environ...

BACKGROUND Kerala is a highly urbanized state in India and interstate migrant laborers working there forms a marginalized community. It was generally perceived that use of tobacco and alcohol was high among the workers, but there are no epidemiological studies assessing the actual burden. OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of use of tobacco and also the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions a...