Vol 4, No 11 (2017)

November 2017

Table of Contents

Review Articles

Integrating mHealth into adolescent sexual and reproductive health promotion in Nigeria: prospects and barriers
Chukwuemeka Austin Ihesie, Ogoamaka Chukwuogo
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174801
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3931-3941
Role of social support in tobacco cessation
Shruthi P. S., Niveditha B. S., Punith Shetty, Krishna Chaitanya, Naveen Khargekar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174802
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3942-3947
Open MRS softwares: effective approaches in management of patients' health information
Azadeh Bashiri, Marjan Ghazisaeedi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174803
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3948-3951

Original Research Articles

Psychological distress among final year medical undergraduates in a Sri Lankan university
Guwani Liyanage
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174483
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3952-3955
The effectiveness of a tele-intensive care unit implementation at a secondary hospital in Eastern Saudi Arabia
Muhannad Aloraini
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174684
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3956-3961
Effect of asthma on school performance among intermediate school students in Riyadh city, 2015-2016
Fuhaid M. Alqossayir
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174702
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3962-3968
The knowledge, practice, and attitude regarding antibiotic use among attendants of primary health care centres: a cross-sectional study in Qatar
Ameera Mohamedhayder J. B. Alkhuzaei, Rasha ElSayed Salama, Izz Eldin Eljak, Mohamad Abdul Halim Chehab, Nagah Abdel Aziz Selim
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174804
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3969-3975
Health insurance enrollees’ satisfaction with health maintenance organizations and non-enrollees’ willingness to participate and pay for health insurance in Abuja, Nigeria
Obembe Oluwagbemiga Oladipupo, Abodunrin Olugbemiga Lanre, Jegede S. Oluwatosin
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174805
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3976-3982
Nutritional status of the elderly attending public polyclinics in Benghazi city, Libya
Faiza Nouh, Mariam Omar, Manal Younis, Moftah Younis
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174806
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3983-3990
Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence among men in a rural community of Oyo State, South-West Nigeria
Idowu Ajibola, Olumide Aderonke, Aremu Olatayo A., Fehintola Funmito O., Popoola Gbenga
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174807
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3991-3997
Factors associated with level of birth preparedness among pregnant mothers at Kerugoya county referral hospital
Olive W. Karimi, Mary W. Murigi, Anne Pertet, Careena O. Odawa
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174808
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3998-4002
Assessment of the physical, chemical and microbiological quality of packaged water sold in Nnewi, South-East Nigeria: a population health risk assessment and preventive care study
Uzoamaka Ugochinyere Epundu, Nkiru Nwamaka Ezeama, Echendu Dolly Adinma, Benjamin Sunday Uzochukwu, Obed Chukwunonso Epundu, Brian O. Ogbonna
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174809
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4003-4010
Relations of body weight status in early adulthood and weight changes until middle age with metabolic syndrome in the Chinese population
Liancheng Zhao, Huanhuan Liu, Long Zhou, Ying Li, Min Guo, Yangfeng Wu
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174810
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4011-4017
Maternal mortality in Ghana: an exploration of partners’ perception about factors that contributed to their wife’s death
Diana Mawuko Adika, Muhammad Chutiyami, Hamina Dathini, Haruna Adamu
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174811
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4018-4024
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of food hygiene among mobile food vendors in a Nigerian rural settlement
Francis Owoicho Aluh, Deborah Oyine Aluh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174812
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4025-4030
Management of solid healthcare wastes in some government healthcare facilities in Enugu state, Southeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Emmanuel I. Umegbolu, Innocentia N. Ozoejike
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174813
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4031-4041
Educational needs assessment of faculty members in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences
Shafaei-Khanghah Y., Enteshari-Moghaddam A., Nasl Seraji F., Amani F., Ghobadi H., Farzaneh E.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174814
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4042-4048
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever: knowledge and practices of doctors at a tertiary care hospital in Lahore
Hassan Shahid, Seema Daud
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174815
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4049-4056
Impact study of nutritional education as a controlling measure of iron deficiency anemia
Jayanta Saha, Sahana Mazumder Sen, Amalendu Samanta
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174482
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4057-4064
Assessment of maternity care services among pregnant women in a coastal area in central Kerala, India
Sajith Kumar Soman, Binu Areekal, Rosin George Varghese, Asha Joan Murali
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174816
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4065-4070
Quality of antenatal care services at subcentres: an infrastructure, process and outcome evaluation in a district in Tamil Nadu
Sugunadevi G.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174647
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4071-4077
Individual perceptions and health seeking behaviour of rural postmenopausal women
Sudha Bala, K. J. Kishore Kumar, M. L. S. Prabha
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174485
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4078-4082
Assessment of activity limitation and participation restriction of PLHAs with reference to the international classification of functioning, disability and health
Varun Vijay Gaiki, Manasi Khardekar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174633
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4083-4088
Immunization coverage in an urban resettlement colony of district Gautam-Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India using WHO 30×7 cluster sampling technique
Harsh Mahajan, Shalini Srivastava, S. Nagesh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174660
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4089-4095
A study on immunization coverage of 12-23 months children in urban areas of Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu
Duraimurugan Murugesan, Ramasubramanian R.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174486
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4096-4100
Unplanned pregnancy among married women: an exploratory study in a rural area of Bengal
Manika Pal, Lina Bandyopadhyay, Aparajita Dasgupta
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174484
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4101-4106
Study of socio-demographic factors causing interruption of anti-tuberculosis treatment in DOTS centre in Warangal district of Telangana State
Tagaram Ramchandra, N. Pragathi Kumar, Niharika Lakkoju
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174632
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4107-4112
A study on the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults in Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Mohamed Saleem, Sivasubramanian Priya, Manimaran Pradeep, Kalifulla Sabeetha
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174629
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4113-4119
Menstrual health status and cultural practices of tribal adolescent girls
Sridhar D., Gauthami N.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174648
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4120-4124
Investigation of Hepatitis A outbreak in Palakkad district
Shilu M. Zachariah, Sreedevi C., Aswathy S., Prathyusha Kokkayil, Anila A. Mathews
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174630
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4125-4130
A cross-sectional study on knowledge about breast cancer among women aged 20-30 years
Santhana Lakshmi M., Sugunadevi G.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174646
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4131-4136
Patterns and determinants of health care spending in denizens of urban slums from peri-industrial area of Hyderabad
Varun Vijay Gaiki, Manasi Khardekar, Prashant Kokiwar, Sushma Katkuri, V. R. Zare
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174545
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4137-4140
Knowledge of parents and coverage among children regarding vitamin A in day care centers
Nidhi Sharma, Vineet Kaur Ahuja, Siriesha .
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174817
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4141-4144
Physical problems and needs of patients in palliative care center
Arun T. Mithrason, Gomathy Parasuraman
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174818
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4145-4150
Study on the impact of family history of diabetes among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in an urban area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu
Geetha A., Gopalakrishnan S., Umadevi R.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174819
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4151-4156
Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status of children attending anganwadi in urban slums of Miraj city, Maharashtra
Abhay Gondikar, Tejaswini V. Sangrulkar, Tanuja R. Brahmankar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174820
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4157-4164
Patient perception and satisfaction are prudent for assessment and improvement of hospital services: a cross sectional study among OPD patients at ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana
Pooja Goyal, Neha Singh, Shveta Lukhmana
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174821
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4165-4168
A study of factors which determine health seeking behavior of mothers for their under five children in rural area of Gujarat
Pravin N. Yerpude, Keerti S. Jogdand, Jay H. Shah, Kinnari B. Thacker
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174822
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4169-4173
KAP study on bio-medical waste management among interns in a tertiary care hospital in Maharashtra
Aastha Pandey, Charan Kaur Dardi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174823
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4174-4177
A study of mosquito borne diseases awareness, attitude and practices among the rural population in Karnataka, India
Nanjesh Kumar S., Rahul Hegde, Sanjeev Badiger
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174824
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4178-4181
Prevalence of reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted infections among married women in the reproductive age group in urban slum of Bidar, Karnataka
Dilip S. Rathod, Ashok D. Shelke, Dhananjay B. Naik, Pallavi M. Kesari
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174825
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4182-4185
Assessment of knowledge and attitude of medical and nursing students towards screening for cervical carcinoma and HPV vaccination in a tertiary care teaching hospital
Sunite A. Ganju, Neha Gautam, Vijay Barwal, Sohini Walia, Shriya Ganju
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174826
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4186-4193
A study of psycho-social background of children placed in remand home
Pradnya P. Sathe, Shubhalaxmi D. Kotnis, S. K. Mangulikar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174827
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4194-4197
A probit model approach to know the effect of Arogyasri scheme, NHM indicator and knowledge of new borne care on utilization of PHCs, Hanwada mandalam, Telangana
Biraj K. Kalita, Anil Srikanth
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174828
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4198-4204
Association of type of tuberculosis with treatment outcome among paediatric tuberculosis patients in Bhopal city
Sheloj Joshi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174829
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4205-4208
An epidemiological study of anaemia in the women of reproductive age group (15-49 years) residing in field practice area of a medical college, Udaipur (Rajasthan)
Shiv Lal Solanki, Bhagraj Coudhary, Bhagwan Ram Vishnoi, B. L. Vyas
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174830
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4209-4212
An epidemiological study on prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors among school boys of Burdwan municipal area
Kaushik Nag, Manas Patra, Avijit Paul, Indranil Saha, Krishnadas Bhattacharyya, Samir Dasgupta
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174831
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4213-4218
A study to assess the barriers for cataract surgery uptake among elderly population of Aligarh
Mohd Najmul Aqib Khan, M. Athar Ansari, Anees Ahmad, Salman Khalil, Mohd Maroof
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174832
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4219-4223
Assessment of burden among caregivers of cognitively impaired elderly, residing in an urban area of North Karnataka: a cross sectional study
Sachin Desai, Chandra S. Metgud
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174833
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4224-4227
A study on the respiratory effects in road construction workers in Mysore, India
Sumanth Mallikarjuna Majgi, Akshay Dinesh, Saptarshi Mukherjee
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174834
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4228-4231
Pattern of tobacco use among adolescents in urban slums of Jorhat, Assam
Netri Das, Anadi S. Tasa, Anuradha H. Medhi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174835
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4232-4237
A study to assess select risk factors for carcinoma cervix among patients attending Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology
Swapnajaswanth M., Suryanarayana S. P., Suman G., Murthy N. S.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174836
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4238-4243
Assessment of mental health status among caregivers of persons with permanent disabilities attending rehabilitation centre in H. D. Kote taluk, Mysore district
Prakash Boralingiah, Arun P. Baby, Praveen Kulkarni
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174837
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4244-4249
Sociodemographic variables predicting fathers involvement in child rearing in Basavanapura village of Hunasuru taluk, Mysuru district, Karnataka
M. P. Somashekar, M. C. Smitha, Nagendra .
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174838
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4250-4253
Sensitivity and specificity of waist circumference as a single screening tool for assessment of overweight and obesity
Anubrata Karmakar, Shobhit Garg, Aparajita Dasgupta, Bobby Paul, Swanya P. Maharana
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174839
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4254-4258
Correlation of ambulation potential with quality of life in lower limb amputees
Mahima Agrawal, A. S. Kalra, Mrinal Joshi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174840
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4259-4265
A cross sectional comparative study of quality of life of treatments seekers at de-addiction centre in central India using WHO BREF scale
Nitin S. Kapse, Sushama S. Thakre, Subhash B. Thakre, Shushanki N. Kapse
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174841
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4266-4271
A cross sectional study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding tuberculosis among the patients at GMCH, Udaipur (Rajasthan)
Mahendra Singh Rathore, Jyoti Jain, Mukul Dixit
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174842
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4272-4276
A study on pregnancy induced hypertension and foetal outcome among patient with PIH at tertiary care hospital, Valsad
Ravikant Patel, Hinal Baria, Hinaben R. Patel, Sunil Nayak
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174843
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4277-4281
Assessment of general well-being before and after treatment for morbidities among inmates of a destitute centre of north Karnataka: a pre and post evaluation study
Sachin Desai, Chandra S. Metgud
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174844
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4282-4285
Morbidity pattern of elderly women of rural North Karnataka: a community based cross-sectional study
K. Kriti Bhat, M. C. Yadavannavar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174845
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4286-4289
Usefulness of WOMAC index as a screening tool for knee osteoarthritis among patients attending a rural health care center in Tamil Nadu
S. Sathiyanarayanan, S. Shankar, S. K. Padmini
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174846
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4290-4295
Prevalence of jaw lesions in Bagalkot population a clinical and radiographic study
Raghunath Dantu, Surekha R. Puranik
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174847
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4296-4302
Organ donation and transplantation: knowledge and attitude amongst Indian undergraduate medical students
Purushottam A Giri, Yuvaraj B. Y., Motiram G. Kamble, Amarnath B. Solepure
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174848
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4303-4306
Water sanitation and hygiene in the schools of rural field practice area of Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Vijayapur
Rashmi Hullalli, M. R. Gudadinni, Shailaja S. Patil
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174849
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4307-4309
Awareness of HIV/AIDS among the pregnant women and their husbands attending ANC clinic in a tertiary care centre in Chennai
Shanthi Edward
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174850
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4310-4314
Prevalence of depression in the elderly population of rural Puducherry: a community based cross sectional study
Kanimozhi S., Mohan A. Darbastwar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174851
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4315-4320
A study on assessment of safe injection practices among internees in government general hospital, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Sujatha Peethala, Sridevi Garapati
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174852
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4321-4325
Use of oral rehydration solution by mothers of under-five children in a rural area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu: a KAP study
Muthulakshmi M., Gopalakrishnan S.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174853
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4326-4332
Frequency of turner syndrome: findings from a tertiary healthcare diagnostic laboratory of India
Shailesh Pande, Vidya Salaskar, Anurita Pais, Gauri Pradhan, Smita Patil, Chaitali Parab, Sunmeet Matkar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174854
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4333-4336
An experience of workshop on introduction to statistical methods and SPSS hands-on training to enhance analytical skills among research professionals
Laxmi Tellur, Vijaya Sorganvi, M. C. Yadavannavar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174855
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4337-4340
A study to assess the knowledge regarding breast cancer and practices of breast self-examination among women in urban area
Rakesh Singh, Alka Turuk
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174856
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4341-4347

Case Reports

Traumatic avulsion of the globe and optic nerve in a road traffic accident
Ritesh Verma, Manisha Rathi, Sumit Sachdeva, C. S. Dhull, Jitender Phogat
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174857
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4348-4349

Letter to the Editor

Athletic on-field heart rate: a demand of modern cricket
Faizan -ul-Haq, Uzair Yaqoob, Asma Sarfaraz, Muhammad Mannan Ali Khan
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174858
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4350-4350
Neurorobotics and how it can make advanced surgeries easier
Asma Sarfaraz, Uzair Yaqoob, Lavina Khemani
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174859
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4351-4351