Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Md Sayed, Shilajit Barua, Manzurul Haque Khan et al.
We studied a group of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who were chronically exposed to arsenic through drinking water to identify the pregnancy outcomes in terms of live birth, stillbirth, spontaneous abortion, and preterm birth. We compared pregnancy outcomes of exposed respondents with preg...
Mizanur Rahman, Martin Tondel, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Olav Axelson
The objective of this study was to assess whether arsenic exposure is a risk factor for diabetes mellitus as indicated in a few earlier studies. Arsenic in drinking water is known to occur in western Bangladesh, and in 1996, two of the authors conducted a survey of the prevalence of diabetes mellitu...
Martin Tondel, Mizanur Rahman, Anders Magnuson, I. Chowdhury et al.
To determine the relationship of arsenic-associated skin lesions and degree of arsenic exposure, a cross-sectional study was conducted in Bangladesh, where a large part of the population is exposed through drinking water. Four villages in Bangladesh were identified as mainly dependent on wells conta...
Mahfuzar Rahman, Martin Tondel, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Ireen Akhter Chowdhury et al.
-A prevalence comparison of hypertension among subjects with and those without arsenic exposure through drinking water was conducted in Bangladesh to confirm or refute an earlier observation of a relation in this respect. Wells with and without present arsenic contamination were identified, and we i...
Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Manzurul Haque Khan, Mushfiqul Haque
Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh has been recognized as a major public problem. The arsenic contamination was first identified in the tubewell water in 1993 in a northern district of Bangladesh. Tubewells are the main source of drinking water in rural areas, and except hilly and te...
Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Manzurul Haque Khan, Salamat Khandker, A.F.M. Sarwar et al.
INTRODUCTION: Use of lead acid battery (LAB) in Bangladesh has risen with sharp rise of motor vehicles. As result, manufacture of LAB is increasing. Most of the lead used by these industries comes from recycling of LAB. Workers in LAB industry are at risk of exposure lead and thus development of lea...
Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Don Bandaranayake, Abdul Wadud Khan, Sayed Abdul Hadi et al.
Arsenic contamination of ground water has been found in Rajarampur village in the Nawabgonj district of north-western Bangladesh. A recent survey has indicated that 11% of tubewell water contains arsenic in the range 0.01 mg/l to 0.05 mg/l, and 29% above the WHO maximum permissible limit of 0.05 mg/...
Makhan Maharjan, Chiho Watanabe, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Ryutaro Ohtsuka
A community-based, dose-response study on arsenic contamination was conducted in three communities in Terai in lowland Nepal. The arsenic concentration of all the tube wells in use (n = 146) and the prevalence of arsenic-induced skin manifestation among 1,343 (approximately 80% of the inhabitants) s...
Baizid Khoorshid Riaz, Liaquat Ali, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Md Ziaul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has established more than 13,000 community clinics (CCs) to provide primary healthcare with a plan of each covering a population of around 6,000. The inception of CCs in the country has revolutionized the healthcare delivery to reach the doorstep of people. The provision of he...
Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Md Sayed, Sayed Abdul Hadi, MH Faruquee et al.
The study was carried out in a village in Jessore district, Bangladesh, to identify the epidemiological characteristics of arsenicosis. Eighty-seven per cent of the tubewells had arsenic concentration more than the WHO maximum permissible limit of 0.05 mg l-1. The mean arsenic concentration was 0.24...
Md Zahirul Islam, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Heli Viljakainen, Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman et al.
Due to little outdoor activity and low dietary intake of vitamin D (VD), Bangladeshi low-income women are at risk for osteoporosis at an early age. The present study assessed the effect of VD, Ca and multiple micronutrient supplementation on VD and bone status in Bangladeshi young female garment fac...
Hiroshi Yokota, K. TANABE, Mitsuhiro SEZAKI, Yasuhiro Akiyoshi et al.
Sk Akhtar Ahmad, M.H. Selim Ullah Sayed, Manzurul Haque Khan, Md Nazmul Karim et al.
This was a cross-sectional study under taken to explore the socioeconomic perspective of the arsenicosis problem, carried out in arsenic contaminated Upazillas where at least 100 arsenicosis patients had been identified. Two of the Upazillas with significant arsenic mitigation intervention and three...
Makhan Maharjan, Chiho Watanabe, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Masahiro Umezaki et al.
OBJECTIVE: To reveal the inter-relationship between nutritional status and arsenic toxicity. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: A survey in an area of lowland Nepal, where a high prevalence of both skin manifestation and malnutrition was observed. Daily arsenic intake was estimated by measuring...
Martin Tondel, Mahfuzar Rahman, Anders Magnuson, Ireen Akhter Chowdhury et al.
To determine the relationship of arsenic-associated skin lesions and degree of arsenic exposure, a cross-sectional study was conducted in Bangladesh, where a large part of the population is exposed through drinking water. Four villages in Bangladesh were identified as mainly dependent on wells conta...