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Sultana S, Muhammad F, Chowdhury AA, Tasnim T, Haque MI, Hasan BakiBillah A, Hossain MK, Zaman S, Delwer Hossain Hawlader M, Chowdhury M. Association between depressive symptoms of mothers and eating behaviors of school-going children in Urban Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. BMC Womens Health 2023; 23:437. [PMID: 37596580 PMCID: PMC10439587 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-023-02584-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the association between depressive symptoms among mothers and the eating behaviors of their school-going children in Urban Bangladesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in the context of the urban area of Bangladesh. A multistage sampling technique was applied to select 324 children's mothers in Dhaka City. Data were collected from both city corporation settings in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Semi-structured questionnaires were used in this study. We estimated the depressive symptoms among mothers using the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale. We examined the association of mothers of school-going children's socio-demographic variables and eating behaviors of school-going children with their mother's depression by using chi-square and evaluating the impact of these variables on mothers' depression through univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression. RESULTS In our study, 57.7% of the mothers of school-going children had depressive symptoms, and 42.3% had no depressive symptoms. The study explored that consuming fewer vegetables (AOR = 0.237, 95% CI: 0.099-0.569), taking fewer fruits (AOR = 0.177, 95% CI: 0.093-0.337), and interestingly, taking fast food less than 4 days per week (AOR = 3.024, 95% CI: 1.517-6.031) were significantly associated with mothers' depressive symptoms. CONCLUSION Mothers with depressive symptoms of school-going children in Dhaka city are alarmingly high as a grave concern. The eating behaviors of children are associated with their mothers' depressive symptoms. With an aim to build rigorous awareness on depression and child's healthy eating behaviors, it is imperative to arrange health education and awareness related programs.
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- Sharmin Sultana
- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
- Department of Public & Community Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Frontier University Garowe, Puntland, Somalia
- Otu Institute of Research and Training, Kano, Nigeria
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Engineering, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
- Department of Health Economics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS), Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
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- Department of General Educational Development, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
- Faculty of Medicine, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah, 08100, Malaysia
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Mehriban N, Zafar Ullah AN, Haque MI, Harun MGD, Isse DM, Muhammad F, Chowdhury ABMA, Chowdhury M, Hasan MZ, Dessoffy T. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of female health care service providers on female genital mutilation in Somalia: A cross-sectional study. Womens Health (Lond) 2023; 19:17455057231199032. [PMID: 37732458 PMCID: PMC10515518 DOI: 10.1177/17455057231199032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite a strong international standpoint against female genital mutilation, the prevalence of female genital mutilation in Somalia is extremely high. OBJECTIVES This study assessed the knowledge, attitude, and practice of female genital mutilation among female health care service providers in order to formulate appropriate policies and programs to eliminate this harmful practice. DESIGN Facility-based cross-sectional survey conducted in 2019 among female doctors and nurses working in Banadir Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia. METHODS A total of 144 female health care service providers were randomly selected, and data were collected through a pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire. Quantitative data were analyzed by using the statistical software SPSS (Version 21), and qualitative data were analyzed thematically in accordance with the objectives of the study. RESULTS The study found that about three-fifths of the respondents had undergone some forms of female genital mutilation during their life. An overwhelming majority believed that female genital mutilation practices were medically harmful, and a majority of them expressed their opinion against the medicalization of the practice of female genital mutilation. The study also observed a significant association between participants' age and their negative attitudes regarding the legalization of female genital mutilation. CONCLUSION Health care service providers' effort is critical to eliminating this harmful practice from the Somalian society. Strong policy commitment and a comprehensive health-promotion effort targeting the parents and community leaders are essential to avert the negative impact of female genital mutilation.
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- Nadira Mehriban
- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Bulaale Hospital, Hodan District, Mogadishu, Somalia
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
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- Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Salam A, Andersson A, Jeba F, Haque MI, Hossain Khan MD, Gustafsson Ö. Wintertime Air Quality in Megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh Strongly Affected by Influx of Black Carbon Aerosols from Regional Biomass Burning. Environ Sci Technol 2021; 55:12243-12249. [PMID: 34506107 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Clean air is a key parameter for a sustainable society, and currently, megacity Dhaka has among the worst air qualities in the world. This results from poorly constrained contributions of a variety of sources from both local emissions and regional influx from the highly polluted Indo-Gangetic Plain, impacting the respiratory health of the 21 million inhabitants in the Greater Dhaka region. An important component of the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is black carbon (BC) aerosols. In this study, we investigated the combustion sources of BC using a dual carbon isotope (δ13C and Δ14C) in Dhaka during the high-loading winter period of 2013/14 (regular and lockdown/hartal period) in order to guide mitigation policies. On average, BC (13 ± 6 μg m-3) contributed about 9% of the PM2.5 (145 ± 79 μg m-3) loadings. The relative contribution from biomass combustion under regular conditions was 44 ± 1% (with the rest from fossil combustion), while during periods of politically motivated large-scale lockdown of business and traffic, the biomass burning contribution increased to 63 ± 1%. To reduce the severe health impact of BC and other aerosol pollution in Dhaka, mitigation should therefore target regional-scale biomass/agricultural burning in addition to local traffic.
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- Abdus Salam
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Environmental Science and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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Sultana S, Zaman S, Chowdhury AA, Hasan I, Haque MI, Hossain MK, Ahmed KR, Chakraborty PA, Hossain Hawlader MD. Prevalence and factors associated with depression among the mothers of school-going children in Dhaka city, Bangladesh: A multi stage sampling-based study. Heliyon 2021; 7:e07493. [PMID: 34401554 PMCID: PMC8353297 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Background Motherhood is associated with extra stress, and mothers of young children are particularly prone to developing depression and mental health problems. Methodology This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Dhaka city, Bangladesh, from June to December 2019. Mothers of school-going children were recruited through a multistage sampling technique. Dhaka city was divided into two divisions and then further subdivided into public and private sectors. Six schools were selected from each sector by using a simple random sampling technique. A list of class five to eight students were collected from each school by systematic random sampling. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using semi-structured questionnaires. The rate of depressive symptoms was measured by the validated Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Result A total of 324 women participated in this study; the majority of the women (85.5%) were Muslim, 67.0% were housewives, and 53.1% had a girl child. Among the women, 15.4% had mild, 22.2% had moderate, and 20.1% had severe depression. Most of the child's behavioral and lifestyle factors were associated with the mother's depression. Adjusted analyses indicate that if a child is often unhappy, depressed, or tearful [(OR (95%CI = 22.27 (8.39-59.11)], gets nervous in new situations or easily loses confidence [(OR (95%CI) = 5.45 (2.96-10.00)], often lies or cheats [(OR (95%CI) = 8.93 (3.76-21.22)], gets afraid easily [(OR (95%CI) = 7.09 (3.79-13.24)], watches television for 3 h or more [(OR (95%CI) = 23.77 (6.46-87.48)] browses the internet for 3 h or more [(OR (95%CI = 7.37 (2.76-19.67)] were associated with mother's depression. Conclusion The study concludes that depression among the mothers of school-going children in Dhaka city of Bangladesh is high. Several lifestyles and behavioral factors of school-going children are significantly associated with the mothers' depression.
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- Sharmin Sultana
- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of General Education, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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Hasan I, Chowdhury ABMA, Haque MI, Patterson CC. Changes in glycated hemoglobin, diabetes knowledge, quality of life, and anxiety in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes attending summer camps: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Diabetes 2021; 22:124-131. [PMID: 33180368 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.13147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Diabetes summer camps provide children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes opportunities to learn about the disease and its management in a supportive environment to help improve glycemic control, self-reliance, and quality of life. The objective of this quantitative review was to assess the advantages of attending summer camps and study any adverse psychological effects. Studies with a pre/post study design in children and adolescents attending summer camp were systematically reviewed. Five bibliographic databases were searched and relevant data extracted. Random effects meta-analyses were used to combine the individual study results to derive pooled estimates and meta-regression was used to explore between-study heterogeneity. Studies in the literature report short-term improvements in the glycemic control, diabetes knowledge (DK), quality of life (QOL) anxiety, diabetes self-management, and self-esteem. Thirty-three studies were identified, and those outcomes reported in five or more studies were included in meta-analyses. There were significant benefits with a pooled mean change for glycated hemoglobin (95% CI) of -0.59(-0.95,-0.23)% (-6.4[-10.4,-2.5]mmol/mol), and for standardized DK score of 1.99(1.28,2.70) but corresponding changes for QOL 0.17(-0.06,0.39) and for anxiety -0.32(-0.70, 0.06) were not significant. However, all outcomes showed considerable between-study heterogeneity little of which was explained by study characteristics. The findings suggest short-term benefits of camp on metabolic control, DK, QOL and anxiety in T1D children and adolescents, although the latter two were not statistically significant. Further research is warranted with more methodological rigor and longer-term follow-up to determine if there are long-term benefits associated with camp attendance.
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- Istiaque Hasan
- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Haque MI, Zafar Ullah AN, Akter T, Chowdhury AA, Mamun AA, Tamanna TI, Hossain MK, Khan HT, Harun MGD. Familial and socio-cultural barriers in maintaining tobacco-free homes in Bangladesh: a comparative cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e039787. [PMID: 33334831 PMCID: PMC7747576 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Children, pregnant women and the elderly at a global level are all being dangerously exposed to tobacco use in the household (HH). However, there is no understanding of the familial and socio-cultural factors that provide barriers to ensuring tobacco-free homes in Bangladesh either in urban or rural areas (U&RAs). This study therefore investigates those barriers to help enable a move towards tobacco-free homes in Bangladesh. DESIGN Comparative cross-sectional study. SETTINGS Data were collected from both urban and rural settings in Bangladesh. PARTICIPANTS A probability proportional sampling procedure was used to select 808 participants in U&RAs out of a total of 3715 tobacco users. Semi-structured interviews through the use of a questionnaire were conducted with the participants followed by a multivariate logistic regression analysis of the data in order to explore the familial and socio-cultural factors associated with tobacco use at home. RESULTS The prevalence of tobacco use at home was 25.7% in urban areas and 47.6% in rural areas. In urban areas: marital status (adjusted OR (AOR)=3.23, 95% CI 1.37 to 6.61), education (AOR=2.14, 95% CI 1.15 to 3.99), the smoking habits of elderly family members (AOR=1.81, 95% CI 0.91 to 2.89), offering tobacco as a traditional form of leisure activity at home (AOR=1.85, 95% CI 0.94 to 2.95) and lack of religious practices (AOR=2.39, 95% CI 1.27 to 4.54) were identified as significant socio-cultural predictors associated with tobacco use at home. In rural areas: age (AOR=5.11, 95% CI 2.03 to 12.83), extended family (AOR=3.08, 95% CI 1.28 to 7.38), lack of religious practices (AOR=4.23, 95% CI 2.32 to 7.72), using children to buy or carry tobacco (AOR=3.33, 95% CI 1.11 to 9.99), lack of family guidance (AOR=4.27, 95% CI 2.45 to 7.42) and offering tobacco as a traditional form of leisure activity at home (AOR=3.81, 95% CI 2.23 to 6.47) were identified as significant determinants for tobacco use at home. CONCLUSION This study concludes that socio-cultural traditions and familial norms in Bangladesh provide significant barriers for enabling tobacco-free homes. The identification of these barriers can aid policymakers and programme planners in Bangladesh in devising appropriate measures to mitigate the deadly consequences of tobacco use in the home. The consequences also include the dangers involved in family members being exposed to secondhand smoke.
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- Md Imdadul Haque
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- SQUARE College of Nursing, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Jessore Medical College and Hospital, Jessore, Bangladesh
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- Department of General Educational Development, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Health Promotion and Public Health, College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare, University of West London, Paragon House, Brentford, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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1. Four groups of 36 one-day-old broiler chicks were reared for 8 weeks during summer on rice husk litter spread to depths of 20, 30, 40 or 50 mm. 2. The depth of the litter did not significantly affect live weight gain, food consumption, food conversion ratio, liveability or production number. 3. It was concluded that rice husks can be used as litter at depths of between 20 and 50 mm during summer to raise broilers without affecting performance.
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- M I Haque
- Department of Poultry Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
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Singh RJ, Punnoose A, Mathew J, Maurya BP, Umar M, Haque MI. S=1 and S=2 EPR signals in modified CuO and BaCuO2. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1994; 49:1346-1349. [PMID: 10010445 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.49.1346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Anis T, Aziz A, Haque MI, Haroon TS. A study of dermatoses in 100 hospitalized diabetics. J PAK MED ASSOC 1988; 38:167-8. [PMID: 3138471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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