present survey synthesized information on fish biodiversity in the perennial freshwater body of ramnagar, east midnapore district of west bengal, india. we documented 45 fish species under 29 genera, 18 families and 8 orders during the periods from1990 to 1995, whereas, 34 species from 21 genera and 12 families under 7 orders were recorded presently from freshwater body of different perennial p...

West Bengal is the fourth most populated state situated in the Eastern Region of India, 82 million people stay in the State. It is 2.7% of India's area but about 7.8% of the country's population. This state ranks first in terms of density of 904 per sq. km as per the 2001 census. The boundaries of the state are Nepal, Bhutan and the Sikkim on the North, Goalpara district of Assam and Bangladesh...

DEAR EDITOR Tribal population constitutes about 8% of the total population of India. They are at higher risk of undernutrition because of their dependence on primitive agriculture practices and uncertainty of food supply. In general, tribal communities in India are neglected, discriminated in terms of income distribution and social status, which tend to have higher rates of undernutrition. Reco...

Any variations in the anthropometric parameters i.e., height, body mass, BMI, BSA, body fat %, WHR, WHtR etc., and basic physiological parameters i.e., haemoglobin content, respiratory rate, pulse rate, blood pressure etc., in female school children of pre-pubertal, pubertal and post-pubertal age groups from Bankura District and from the district of West Midnapore of West Bengal, India were stu...

Groundwater arsenic is the main public health concern in Indo-Bangladesh Gangetic basin. Much work has been done on carcinogenic effect of arsenic. Compared to that other cellular effects, senescence human system was not studied. Replicative occurs by gradual shortening telomeres, and changes, characteristic somatic cells. Premature senescence, characterized increased beta-galactosidase activit...

Objective Snakebite is one of the neglected tropical diseases that World Health Organization (WHO) aimed to eradicate. The objective of the study is to investigate the mortality and morbidity due to snakebite at Midnapore Medical College & Hospital in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. Methods & materials This is a record-based, retrospective, descriptive epidemiological study co...