Salamat Khandker, Ranjit Kumar Dey, AZMM Islam, Sk Akhtar Ahmad et al.
The role of arsenic safe drinking water and antioxidants in the management of arsenicosis patients were observed. Two hundred and fifty patients of arsenicosis from an arsenic affected area of Bangladesh were included and divided into five groups based on the source of drinking water (green or redma...
Md. Abdul Alim, Manaj Kumar Biswas, Gonopati Biswas, Md. Alamgir Hossain et al.
Ceramic factory workers are potentially at risk to develop occupational respiratory diseases due to chronic inhalation of dust particles generated in the ceramic factory. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out to assess the respiratory and other health problems among the workers of Mirp...
M Laskar, Md Mosiqure Rahaman, Afroza Akhter, Md Sayed et al.
The objective of this cross-sectional comparative study was to assess quality of life (QOL) of arsenicosis patients. A total of 104 arsenicosis patients, 104 arsenic-exposed individuals without arsenicosis (nonpatients), and 104 individuals not exposed to arsenic (controls) were interviewed based on...
Salamat Khandker, ASM Mohiuddin, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Alice McGushin et al.
This study aims to review the literature about air pollution, both outdoor and household, and its health consequences in Bangladesh. We searched articles in March 2021 using the PubMed/Scopus database. Peer-reviewed published documents with analytical data and results were retrieved. We also reviewe...
Kyi Mar Wai, Ping Han Ser, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Rabeya Yasmin et al.
Arsenic exposure in postnatal life impacts the growth of children, but little is known about the effect of in-utero arsenic exposure on growth very early in childhood. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between in-utero arsenic exposure and the growth of infants from birth to 6 mo...
Ariful Basher, Prem Nath, Z S Siddique, Mohammad Habibur Rahman et al.
Farming is a large and main industry in Bangladesh. Large numbers of people are directly involved in farming and have very unique exposure compare to other sectors. Musculoskeletal problems among farmer population are not infrequent. This study was carried out among 200 farmers in one selected distr...
Hugh Davies, Tracy Pérez Koehlmoos, Midori N. Courtice, Sk Akhtar Ahmad
Occupational injuries are estimated to cause over 300,000 deaths per year worldwide. Many low- and middle-income countries often lack effective injury surveillance systems. We attempted to utilize household surveys to collect occupational injury data to develop more accurate injury incidence data. W...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Jahirul Karim, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Raili Suhaili et al.
Background Despite country's tobacco control law, cigarette smoking by the young people and the magnitude of nicotine dependence among the school personnel is alarming. Objective To determine the prevalence of smoking and to examine the determinants of smoking behaviour among the secondary school te...
Sk Akhtar Ahmad, MH Faruquee, Manzurul Haque Khan
Background: Arsenic contamination in groundwater of Bangladesh was first detected in 1993 and still a major public health problem in the country. In 1997, Samta was identified as a severely arsenic contaminated village and many villagers were found to suffering from arsenicosis. Methods: A series of...
Nao Yoshida, Tsukasa Inaoka, Nayar Sultana, Sk Akhtar Ahmad et al.
The toxicity of arsenic differs markedly between individuals and populations, which might be related to the metabolism (methylation) of inorganic arsenic (As), as well as the selenium (Se) nutritional status. Urinary excretion of As (u-As) and Se (u-Se) was examined in an adult population (n=128) li...
Md Abdul Alim, Abu Sadat Mohammad Nurunnabi, Salahuddin Ahmad, Mohammad Adnan Khan et al.
Indoor air pollution from biomass smoke is now regarded as public health hazard in the developing world, where more than two billion people still rely on the use of solid biomass fuels such as, dung, wood, crop residue and coal for cooking daily meals and heating homes. A crosssectional study was de...
Samar Kumar Hore, Mahfuzar Rahman, Mohammad Yunus, Chandra Shakhar Das et al.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Matlab, Bangladesh, to determine the prevalence of skin lesions (a three-step procedure) associated with arsenic exposure and discuss validity and feasibility in relation to recommended screening algorithms. Cases with skin lesions were identified by screeni...
IA Parvin, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, MN Islam
This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among the chronic asthma patients attending three Institutes of Dhaka city namely National Asthma Center, The National Institute of Diseases of Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), Mohakhali, and Dhaka Medical College Hospital to assess the level of knowle...
Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Taslima Akhtar, MH Faruquee, Saika Nizam et al.
Introduction: Cabin crews on aircraft are at risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders as a result of their workload and the nature of their profession. This study is an attempt to identify work-related musculoskeletal disorders suffered by cabin crews and the associated ergonomic factors. Method...
Zoshita Hamid, Sarmin Sultana, Saika Nizam, Rabeya Yasmin et al.
Background: Prevalence of autism is increasing and growing as an important public health problem. Prevention of autism is still a complicated issue. Thus, the management and rehabilitation of autistic children socially could be the main option. For which the role of socio-economic factors of the aut...