OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of adverse addictive habits, specially alcohol and tobacco usage, among police personnel of Bhopal City, Central India and its association with the frequency of oral mucosal lesions and periodontal diseases. STUDY DESIGN Across-sectional analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Bhopal City, Capital of Madhya Pradesh State, Central India, from February ...

This study explores the violence and abuse by personnel of Nigeria Police before EndSARS protests in October, 2020. Adopting library research method, made use documentary evidence from reports reputable organizations, journals, working papers newspaper articles to highlight that despite existence constitution, international conventions, Codes, etc which are instituted deployed regulate conduct ...

Police presumptions about criminal career trajectories have been little studied. The exploratory study reported here involved 42 police staff of varying rank and experience. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire which asked them to predict the type of offence that an individual was most likely to commit next from a given range of different offending scenarios. The findings suggest...

United States Army personnel in garrison who are not deployed to combat theater report using dietary supplements (DSs) to promote health, increase physical and mental strength, and improve energy levels. Given the substantial physical and cognitive demands of combat, DS use may increase during deployment. This study compared DS use by garrison soldiers with DS use by personnel deployed to a com...

BACKGROUND Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major preventable occupational health problem with 250 million people worldwide known to have disabling impairment of moderate to greater severity. The aims of the study are to estimate the prevalence of NIHL in the police force; and study its association with age, sex, duration of service (years), smoking and alcohol habits, use of hearing prot...

Background: The objective of this study was to investigate differences in Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) between deployed and non-deployed military personnel undergoing a clinical evaluation for dyspnea. Methods: A retrospective electronic medical record review was conducted on active military personnel who underwent CPET at Brooke Army Medical Center during a clinical evaluation for d...