BACKGROUND The study was planned to assess the prevalence of dental caries among tribal, suburban and urban children of Tiruchengode and Erode of Tamil Nadu state, India. The objective of the study was to assess the association of dental caries with family background, dental service availability, transportation and knowledge on preventive dental measures among these three groups. DESIGN AND M...

the present paper aims to study the iranian-made movie “aroos-e-atash” (the bride of fire), using semiotic methodology at the three following levels: description (social codes), representation (technical codes) and ideology (ideological codes). the process of interconnections and interactions between these three types of codes resulted in these findings: although the movie enjoys an emancipatio...

Information on 22 claims of Tribal and other Folk-lore Medicine on Rheumatism, gathered from the aboriginals and villagers of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa States is presented in this article, proposing an indepeth study into these claims on the same lines as those formulated for Ayurvedic research and in accordance with the advice of the author of Dhanwantari Nighantu, vido Slokas ...

Original Article Maternal Mortality Tribal region of (Bastar) Low education status Low socioeconomic status

BACKGROUND In India, amidst the increasing number of health programmes, there are concerns about the performance of frontline health workers (FLHW). We assessed the time utilisation and factors affecting the work of frontline health workers from South India. METHODS This is a mixed methods study using time and motion (TAM) direct observations and qualitative enquiry among frontline/community ...

degradation of the substance shows that there may be signficant exposure of humans or the environment; * Targets: the size and nature of the population at risk (human and other species) and the risks for the environment should be taken into account; and * International concern: the substance should be ofmajor interest to several countries. Target chemicals for evaluation were set by U.N. member...