Malaria is a major public health problem mainly due to the development of resistance by the
most lethal causative parasitic species, Plasmodium falciparum to the mainstay drugs like …

Arsenic is an environmental pollutant and its contamination in the drinking water is considered
as a serious worldwide environmental health threat. The chronic arsenic exposure is a …

Over the past few decades, the rapid development of agriculture and industries has resulted
in contamination of the environment by diverse pollutants, including heavy metals, …

Aims/hypothesis This study reports the results of the first phase of a national study to determine
the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes (impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired …

Background 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have
populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in …

… We used Student's t tests to compare continuous variables and χ 2 tests to assess differences
in proportions and to measure the linear trend as appropriate. Odds ratios (ORs) were …

Background Air pollution is a major planetary health risk, with India estimated to have some
of the worst levels globally. To inform action at subnational levels in India, we estimated the …

Background The association of air pollution with multiple adverse health outcomes is becoming
well established, but its negative economic impact is less well appreciated. It is important …

Background The burden of diabetes is increasing rapidly in India but a systematic understanding
of its distribution and time trends is not available for every state of India. We present a …

Background Non-communicable disease (NCD) rates are rapidly increasing in India with
wide regional variations. We aimed to quantify the prevalence of metabolic NCDs in India and …