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Prabhakar T, Goel M, Acharya A
Indian J Community Med . 2023 Apr; 48(1):161-166. PMID: 37082383
Steady improvement in quality of life has led to increased survival time of elderly, especially of those with noncommunicable diseases. A study about their health-seeking behavior (HSB) and its determinants...
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Vaz R, Acharya A, Rasania S
Indian J Public Health . 2023 Apr; 67(1):8-14. PMID: 37039199
Background: Recent industrialisation and urbanisation and introduction of vehicles running on fossil fuels have led to an increase in pollution especially in major cities. This has given rise to various...
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Thakur A, Laskar A, Acharya A, Rasania S, Jain A
Indian J Community Med . 2021 May; 46(1):134-136. PMID: 34035594
Background: Nutrition' is a very essential component of undergraduate teaching in MBBS curriculum. In this age of growing diet-consciousness and fitness, skill development of medical graduates in designing healthy and...
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Verma D, Bachani D, Acharya A, Seth A, Hemal A
Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS . 2021 Apr; 41(2):181-187. PMID: 33817591
Background: With the successful introduction of ART, the life expectancy of children living with HIV (CLHIV) is substantially increased. However, strict compliance is a necessary step to begin with as...
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Gupta A, Acharya A, Rasania S, Ray T, Jain S
Indian J Public Health . 2020 Dec; 64(4):333-338. PMID: 33318381
Background: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have adverse physical and mental effect, especially in preschool (3-6 years) and school-age children (6-14 years). They are associated with socio-behavioral factors of poverty and...
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Acharya A, Gupta E, Prakash A, Singhal N
J Assoc Physicians India . 2019 Jul; 67(4):26-29. PMID: 31299834
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming a potential epidemic in India with more than 62 million diagnosed diabetics and an increase of nearly 2 million per year. Poor adherence to...
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Ganesan S, Acharya A, Chauhan R, Acharya S
Asian Spine J . 2017 Sep; 11(4):610-617. PMID: 28874980
Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence and various risk factors for low back pain (LBP) in young adults in India. Overview Of Literature: LBP is an emerging...
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Acharya A, Singh A, Dhiman B
J Assoc Physicians India . 2017 May; 65(3):46-51. PMID: 28462543
Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the non-communicable diseases which has become a major global health problem whose prevalence is increasing worldwide and is expected to reach 4.4% by 2030....
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Acharya A, Priyanka , Khandekar J, Bachani D
Int Sch Res Notices . 2016 Jul; 2014:670861. PMID: 27433489
Injuries caused by needle sticks and sharps due to unsafe injection practices are the most common occupational hazard amongst health care personnel. The objectives of our study were to determine...
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Walke S, Das R, Acharya A, Pemde H
Int Sch Res Notices . 2016 Jun; 2014:165152. PMID: 27350980
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in spite of being the single most important under-five morbidity have not been studied adequately in peri-urban settings in India. We conducted this study prospectively on...