DRINKING WATER, SANITATION AND HEALTH IN KOLKATA METROPOLITAN CITY: CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS URBAN SUSTAINABILITY oleh R. B. Singh, Md. Senaul Haque, Aakriti Grover

"…For the present enquiry, the municipal supply of water for drinking and sanitation purposes has been assessed in terms of its availability and accessibility to the people, possible sources of water contamination and related health issues in Kolkata. The relevant data have been accessed from various secondary sources where the published data from West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) are noteworthy. …"
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A study on habits of tobacco use among medical and non-medical students of Kolkata oleh T Chatterjee, D Haldar, S Mallik, G N Sarkar, S Das, S K Lahiri

"…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in Kolkata collecting anonymous data from 515 medical and 349 nonmedical college students of two medical and two general colleges, selected randomly. …"
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Risk Factor Assessment for Type II Diabetes Mellitus in a Tertiary Hospital in Kolkata oleh Dutt D, Roy G, Chatterjee P

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Book Review: Blue Infrastructures: Natural History, Political Ecology and Urban Development in Kolkata oleh Dana Hellman, Melissa Haeffner

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Knowledge About Health and Health Care Seeking Behaviour of Commercial Sex Workers in Kolkata oleh Dobe M, Mundle M, Mondal RN

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A study on smoking and associated psychosocial factors among adolescent students in Kolkata, India oleh Nilay Nilay Bagchi, Samrat Ganguly, Sumita Pal, Sukanta Chatterjee

"…A cross-sectional observational study was carried out in six co-educational high schools in Kolkata, West Bengal among 526 students of 15-19 years to determine the prevalence of smoking and to find out any difference among the smokers and non-smokers regarding factors related to family relations, peer group and personal characteristics. …"
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Assessment of Perception of Family Planning among Mothers in an Urban Slum Area in Kolkata, India oleh Gourab Biswas, Agnihotri Bhattacharyya, Arkadeb Kar, Biswadeep Sengupta, Sukanta Majumdar, Nabanita Bhattacharyya

"…In 2017, a central family planning initiative called Mission Pariwar Vikas was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).Aim: This study was conducted among mothers in an urban slum in Kolkata to establish their unmet family planning needs, as well as different factors associated with it.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional community-based study was conducted from February 2019 to May 2019 among mothers residing at an urban field practice area (Dhapa UHTC, Kolkata). …"
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The changing relationship between Cholera and interannual climate variables in Kolkata over the past century oleh Debbie Shackleton, Fayyaz Ali Memon, Albert Chen, Shanta Dutta, Suman Kanungo, Alok Deb

"…What remains unclear in the present literature is the nature of this relationship in the specific context of Kolkata, and how this relationship may have changed over time. …"
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Fire and Safety Standard of Indian Hospitals: A Lesson from AMRI - Kolkata Incidence oleh Editor in Chief

Subjek: "…AMRI-Kolkata…"
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Trends in the prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among hospitalized diarrheal patients in Kolkata, India. oleh Sanjucta Dutta, Sucharita Guin, Santanu Ghosh, Gururaja P Pazhani, Krishnan Rajendran, Mihir K Bhattacharya, Yoshifumi Takeda, G Balakrish Nair, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy

"…METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: From the active surveillance of diarrheal disease at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kolkata, 3826 stool specimens collected during 2008-2011 were screened for DEC and other enteric pathogens. …"
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SCOPE OF MEDIA ADVOCACY DURING COVID-19: A SELECTED CASE STUDY IN KOLKATA oleh Rajesh Das, Ipsita Banerjee

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Genotyping of Plasmodium vivax reveals both short and long latency relapse patterns in Kolkata. oleh Jung-Ryong Kim, Amitabha Nandy, Ardhendu Kumar Maji, Manjulika Addy, Arjen M Dondorp, Nicholas P J Day, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Nicholas J White, Mallika Imwong

"…Defining the epidemiology of these two phenotypes from temporal patterns of illness in endemic areas is difficult or impossible, particularly if they overlap.A prospective open label comparison of chloroquine (CQ) alone versus CQ plus unobserved primaquine for either 5 days or 14 days was conducted in patients presenting with acute vivax malaria in Kolkata. Patients were followed for 15 months and primary and recurrent infections were genotyped using three polymorphic antigen and up to 8 microsatellite markers.151 patients were enrolled of whom 47 (31%) had subsequent recurrent infections. …"
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Adiposity level, fat distribution and age at menarche in Bengali girls from Kolkata, India oleh Łukasz Kryst, Magdalena Żegleń, Rituparna Das, Anindita Chakraborty, Rana Saha, Sukanta Das, Parasmani Dasgupta

"…Objectives: The study aimed to examine the differences in adiposity levels and fat distribution between early, average, and late maturing girls from Kolkata, India. Sample and Methods: 936 Bengali girls included in a cross-sectional study were categorized as early, average or late maturing. …"
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Characteristics and outcomes of gallbladder cancer patients at the Tata Medical Center, Kolkata 2017–2019 oleh Anindita Dutta, Tushar Mungle, Nandita Chowdhury, Pritha Banerjee, Anisha Gehani, Saugata Sen, Mohandas Mallath, Paromita Roy, Shekhar Krishnan, Sandip Ganguly, Sudeep Banerjee, Manas Roy, Vaskar Saha

"…Methods Electronic medical records of patients diagnosed with GBC at Tata Medical Center, Kolkata between 2017 and 2019 were analyzed. Results There were 698 cases of confirmed GBC with a median age of 58 (IQR: 50–65) years and female:male ratio of 1.96. …"
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Dynamics Qf Urban Growth And Environmental Challenges: A Case Qf Kolkata, India oleh Falguni Dey

"…The history of development of Kolkata as a megacity in India dates back to 300 years. …"
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Evaluation of metal contamination and phytoremediation potential of aquatic macrophytes of East Kolkata Wetlands, India oleh Amina Khatun, Sandipan Pal, Aloke Kumar Mukherjee, Palas Samanta, Subinoy Mondal, Debraj Kole, Priyanka Chandra, Apurba Ratan Ghosh

Subjek: "…East Kolkata Wetlands…"
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Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) in children : A Kolkata experience oleh Vishwanath Sidram, P Tripathy, SP Ghorai, SN Ghosh

"…Out of sixty five cases of spinal injury below 12 years of age admitted in the emergency Neurosurgery ward of IPGMER, Kolkata between August 2006 and December 2008, nine patients diagnosed as SCIWORA were included in this study. …"
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Epidemiology and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species in a tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, India oleh Partha Bhattacharjee

"…Materials and Methods: Candida spp. were isolated from blood cultures from 70 patients in a tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, India. The growth of Candida spp. on sabouraud dextrose agar was confirmed by Gram staining, where grampositive budding fungal cells were observed. …"
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A study on habits of tobacco use among medical and non-medical students of Kolkata oleh T Chatterjee, D Haldar, S Mallik, G N Sarkar, S K Das, S Lahiri

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Sexual practices of people living with HIV/AIDS attending school of tropical medicine, Kolkata oleh Pranita Taraphdar, Aparajita Dasgupta, Bibhuti Saha

"…A hospital-based, cross-sectional, observational study of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) attending the School of Tropical Medicine (STM), Kolkata was carried out for a period of 6 months from May 2006 to October 2006, to assess the sexual practices of PLWHAs. …"
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