Abul Hasnat Milton, Wayne Smith, Bayzidur Rahman, Ziaul Hasan et al.
BACKGROUND: Chronic exposure to arsenic through drinking water has the potential to cause adverse pregnancy outcomes, although the association has not been demonstrated conclusively. This cross-sectional study assessed the association between arsenic in drinking water and spontaneous abortion, still...
Md Iqbal Kabir, Md Bayzidur Rahman, Wayne Smith, Mirza Afreen Fatima Lusha et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change (CC). A basic understanding of public perception on vulnerability, attitude and the risk in relation to CC and health will provide strategic directions for government policy, adaptation strategies and development of com...
Wayne Chan, Robert R. McCrae, Filip De Fruyt, Lee Jussim et al.
Age trajectories for personality traits are known to be similar across cultures. To address whether stereotypes of age groups reflect these age-related changes in personality, we asked participants in 26 countries (N = 3,323) to rate typical adolescents, adults, and old persons in their own country....
Abul Hasnat Milton, Ziaul Hasan, S. M. Shahidullah, Sinthia Sharmin et al.
The role of nutritional factors in arsenic metabolism and toxicity is not clear. Provision of certain low protein diets resulted in decreased excretion of DMA and increased tissue retention of arsenic in experimental studies. This paper reports a prevalence comparison study conducted in Bangladesh t...
Wayne M. Getz, Louise Fortmann, David H. M. Cumming, Du Toit et al.
Biodiversity is being irretrievably lost around the world at an alarming rate. Attempts to identify “win-win” scenarios in which “communities are able to generate social benefit flows from wildlife” (1), referred to as community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), have received attention in s...
James Reilly
Abstract As China expands its development assistance in Southeast Asia, is Chinese aid beginning to emulate international norms and practices or sustaining its own distinct approach to development assistance? This essay argues that China's socialization into international norms varies with the thick...
Md Iqbal Kabir, Md Bayzidur Rahman, Wayne Smith, Mirza Afreen Fatima Lusha et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is facing the unavoidable challenge of adaptation to climate change. However, very little is known in relation to climate change and health. This article provides information on potential climate change impact on health, magnitude of climate-sensitive diseases, and baseline sc...
Kamalini Lokuge, Wayne Smith, Bruce Caldwell, Keith Dear et al.
Many interventions have been advocated to mitigate the impact of arsenic contamination of drinking water in Bangladesh. However, there are few data on the true magnitude of arsenic-related disease in Bangladesh nationally. There has also been little consideration given to possible adverse effects of...
Bruce Caldwell, John C. Caldwell, Satindra Nath Mitra, Wayne Smith
Searching for an optimum solution to the Bangladesh arsenic crisis: Thirty years ago Bangladesh experienced very high levels of infant and child mortality, much of it due to water-borne disease in deltaic conditions where surface water was highly polluted. In what appeared to be one of the great pub...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Habibur Rahman, Wayne Smith, Rupendra Shrestha et al.
Risk related to the ingestion of any water contaminants depends on many factors, including the daily per capita amount of consumed water relative to body weight. This study explored the water consumption pattern of a rural arsenic-affected population in Bangladesh. The study findings are likely to c...
Bruce Caldwell, John C. Caldwell, Satindra Nath Mitra, Wayne Smith
Abstract Bangladesh has seen one of the developing world's great public health successes, the conversion of the drinking water source for 94% of the rural population to ‘safe water’, in the form of tubewells, with the aim of reducing morbidity and mortality from water‐borne disease. Now, that succes...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Habibur Rahman, Wayne Smith, Rupendra Shrestha et al.
Risk related to the ingestion of any water contaminants depends on many factors, including the daily per capita amount of consumed water relative to body weight. This study explored the water consumption pattern of a rural arsenic-affected population in Bangladesh. The study findings are likely to c...
Galen Aymar, Tobias Becker, Stewart Boogert, M. Borghesi et al.
Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications alternating-gradient accelerator (FFA). This will allow experiments to be carried out in vitro and in vivo with proton beam energies of up to 127 MeV. In addition, ion beams with energies up to 33.4 MeV per nucleon will be available for in vi...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Wayne Smith, Bayzidur Rahman, Bashir Ahmed et al.
Malnutrition among the rural Bangladeshi women of reproductive age is still very high. This high prevalence attributes to a range of adverse health consequences on the women and their offspring. A total of 2341 women aged between 20 and 45 years residing in the study area were interviewed in this cr...
M. Rafiqul Islam, John Attia, Mohammad Alauddin, Mark McEvoy et al.
Early life exposure to inorganic arsenic may be related to adverse health effects in later life. However, there are few data on postnatal arsenic exposure via human milk. In this study, we aimed to determine arsenic levels in human milk and the correlation between arsenic in human milk and arsenic i...
Elizabeth C. Oelsner, Laura R. Loehr, Ashley G. Henderson, Kathleen M. Donohue et al.
RATIONALE: One in 12 adults has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma. Acute exacerbations of these chronic lower respiratory diseases (CLRDs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Valid approaches to classifying cases and exacerbations in the general population are needed to facil...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Wayne Smith, Keith Dear, J. C. Ng et al.
Arsenic groundwater contamination in Bangladesh warrants immediate remediation. This randomised controlled intervention trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of two possible interventions: dug wells and three-pitcher filters. A total of 640 individuals participated with 218 randomised t...
Masuma Akter Khanam, Wietze Lindeboom, Abdur Razzaque, Louis Niessen et al.
OBJECTIVES: This article reports the prevalence and prediction factors of undiagnosed and uncontrolled hypertension among the adults in rural Bangladesh. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of the major noncommunicable disease risk factors was conducted in rural surveillance sites of Bangladesh in 2005...
Abul Hasnat Milton, S. M. Shahidullah, Wayne Smith, Kazi S. Hossain et al.
The role of nutritional factors in arsenic metabolism and toxicity is yet to be fully elucidated. A low protein diet results in decreased excretion of DMA and increased tissue retention of arsenic in experimental studies. Malnourished women carry a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Chronic ...
Bruce Caldwell, Wayne Smith, Kamalini Lokuge, Geetha Ranmuthugala et al.
The discovery of arsenic contamination in groundwater has challenged efforts to provide safe drinking-water to households in rural Bangladesh. Two nationally-representative surveys in 2000 and 2002 investigated water-usage patterns, water-testing, knowledge of arsenic poisoning, and behavioural resp...