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Anti-oxidant, pediculicidal and pesticidal activities of leaves of Rhinacanthus nasutus (Linn) grown in Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡产鼻甲草(Rhinacanthus nasutus)叶片的抗氧化、杀虫和杀虫活性

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2021-01-07 DOI: 10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51243

V. Bulugahapitiya, Fernando Ptn, Jayasekara Hd

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Knowledge and practices of health workers on safe disposal of sharp medical wastes in selected hospitals 卫生工作者在选定医院安全处置尖锐医疗废物方面的知识和做法

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2021-01-07 DOI: 10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51249

Eti Samadder, Ashees Kumar Shaha, I. A. Chowdhury, Sajeda Khatun, China Rani Mittra, H. Sultana

{"title":"Knowledge and practices of health workers on safe disposal of sharp medical wastes in selected hospitals","authors":"Eti Samadder, Ashees Kumar Shaha, I. A. Chowdhury, Sajeda Khatun, China Rani Mittra, H. Sultana","doi":"10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51249","url":null,"abstract":"Sharp medical waste is infectious and hazardous because of their high potential diseases transmission and injury. It poses serious threats to environmental health. A cross sectional study was done to assess the level of knowledge and practices of health workers on safe disposal of sharp medical wastes. This study was done in Pirojpur Sadar Hospital, Nazirpur Upazilla Health Complex and Zia Nagar Upazilla Health Complex. Sample size was 200 Health Workers. A Semi-structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected data were processed and analyzed with the help of SPSS (Version 20) software on the basis of different variables. The period of study was from January to December 2016. The study result shows that among 200 respondent mean age was 44.05 (±7.01) years. The designation varieties were nurses (70.0%), doctor (10.0%), Aya/ward boy (15.0%). This study found that, majority of the respondents had knowledge about the concept of medical waste and sharp medical waste. Among the respondents (90.0%) respondents knew the correct color bin to segregate sharp medical waste. Multiple responses of the respondents (80%) mentioned that they got information from Course curriculum. Knowledge of the respondents on sharp medical waste disposal (64.5%) had Good knowledge, (23%) had Fair Knowledge and (12.5%) had Poor Knowledge. Most of the respondents (47.5%) had Good practices, (33%) had Fair and (20%) had Poor practices regarding safe disposal of sharp medical waste disposal. Adequate supply of equipment’s and strict monitoring system should be established to improvement the practice of the health care providers regarding safe disposal of sharp medical waste. Training on sharp medical waste disposal will help the participants to improve their knowledge and practices. \u0000Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2020, 6(4): 802-808","PeriodicalId":391187,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134154428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A comparative study of assessing organic matter decomposition between composting and vermicomposting process 堆肥与蚯蚓堆肥过程中有机物分解的比较研究

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2021-01-07 DOI: 10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51245

M. Z. Rahman, A. Kabir, M. A. Hashem, S. Islam, Haque, M. M. Rahman

{"title":"A comparative study of assessing organic matter decomposition between composting and vermicomposting process","authors":"M. Z. Rahman, A. Kabir, M. A. Hashem, S. Islam, Haque, M. M. Rahman","doi":"10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51245","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the study was to compare the efficiency of organic matter degradation between composting and vermicomposting as well as the possibility of making compost and vermicompost using cattle manure. The experiment was conducted with two treatments, where one was conventional composting (T1) and another was vermicomposting (T2) from cattle manure. The sample from composted materials was collected at 0, 20, 40 and 60 th day of experiment. Parameter studied were dry matter (DM), crude fiber (CF), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), ash content of the samples as well as pH and temperature change during the experimental period. Results found that a significant higher DM (P<0.01) was found in T1 compared to T2. The CF degradation rate was significantly higher (P<0.01) in T2 compared to T1 group. The CP content also found significantly higher (P<0.05) in T2 compared to T1 group. There were no significant differences in EE and ash content as well as pH between the treatment groups. A typical temperature curve was found in T1 during active composting phase but the temperature was more or less same in T2 during the whole experimental period. From the experiment, it was found that crude fiber degradation rate is faster and CP content was higher in the T2 compared to T1 that might be indicated that vermicomposting is more beneficial than composting.","PeriodicalId":391187,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123574035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4

Nutritional status and dietary adequacy amid reproductive aged women in Cumilla, Bangladesh 孟加拉国卡米拉育龄妇女的营养状况和饮食充足性

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2021-01-07 DOI: 10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51228

Hafizul Islam, A. Jubayer, M. Nayan

{"title":"Nutritional status and dietary adequacy amid reproductive aged women in Cumilla, Bangladesh","authors":"Hafizul Islam, A. Jubayer, M. Nayan","doi":"10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51228","url":null,"abstract":"Dietary patterns are evolving greatly during the last years and various diet and lifestyle related diseases are increasing day by day. The prevalence of double burden of malnutrition and various nutritional deficiency diseases among the reproductive aged women, the most vulnerable group has become a severe concern during the last decades. Therefore, the study focused on the nutritional status of reproductive aged women, their dietary food and nutrient intake and the adequacy of these consumed nutrients as compared to their requirements. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the randomly selected 355 households in Cumilla district in Bangladesh. The results showed that only about 32% of the participants were found having a normal BMI range. The percentage of underweight, overweight and obesity among the participants were 13.3% (95% CI: 10.25, 16.36), 35.8% (95% CI: 31.49, 40.12) and 19.6% (95% CI: 16.04, 23.17) respectively. Dietary protein, carbohydrate, total fat consumption was 11.87%, 65.22% and 18.9% of energy. Consumption of vitamin A, C, D, Folic acid, calcium, sodium, riboflavin and potassium was very poor and found below EAR/AI among the most respondents. Thiamin, zinc, iron, phosphorous intake was satisfactory among the most respondents. \u0000Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2020, 6(4): 628-634","PeriodicalId":391187,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114840714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Utilization of slaughterhouse by-products: a current scenario in Dhaka city 屠宰场副产品的利用:达卡市的现状

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2021-01-07 DOI: 10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51250

Shefath Abdulla, S. Islam, Enayet Kabir, F. Dadok, Abdullah Al Zaber, S. Sarkar

{"title":"Utilization of slaughterhouse by-products: a current scenario in Dhaka city","authors":"Shefath Abdulla, S. Islam, Enayet Kabir, F. Dadok, Abdullah Al Zaber, S. Sarkar","doi":"10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51250","url":null,"abstract":"Slaughter-houses are the places from where people get the meat for consumption, but the time is to utilize the by-products to increase the GDP’s rate from livestock. A field survey was conducted regarding usage of the by-products of slaughterhouses and/or meat selling centers in Dhaka city of Bangladesh. Data were collected from total 60 slaughterhouses and/or meat selling centers randomly from different part of Dhaka city consisting 20 large animal (cattle, buffalo), 20 small animal (goat, sheep) and 20 poultry bird (chicken, duck) slaughterhouses and/or meat selling centers. Following slaughtering process huge amount of different by-products are also produced that have good economic and nutritive value. The results revealed that edible by-products such as head trimmings, brain, tongue, heart, stomach, lungs, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidney and tail were used by 100% as human food. Inedible by-products had diversified uses but to some extent they were also rejected. However, no one of the inedible by-products was fully rejected. Among the inedible by-products the hides had a great industrial value. Poultry by-products like blood, intestines and feather wastes were generally found to utilize as fish feed. Most slaughterhouses were found to maintain moderate to poor hygienic conditions where very few maintained good condition. Almost two-third (61.67%) slaughterhouses were used water container as water supply followed by hose pipe (33.33%) and tape water (5%) for cleaning purpose. It can be concluded that by-products are valuable materials but due to lack of management and industrial mind slaughterhouses of the Dhaka city cannot utilize those materials. Therefore, proper usages of by-products can run a new prospective business in Bangladesh. \u0000Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2020, 6(4): 809-816","PeriodicalId":391187,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115556364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Physical disabilities and psychosocial status of the patients attending in a selected specialized hospital 选定专科医院就诊病人的身体残疾和社会心理状况

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2021-01-07 DOI: 10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51241

Mst Wazeda Begum, A. Saha, China Rani Mittra, Sajeda Khatun, K. Miah

{"title":"Physical disabilities and psychosocial status of the patients attending in a selected specialized hospital","authors":"Mst Wazeda Begum, A. Saha, China Rani Mittra, Sajeda Khatun, K. Miah","doi":"10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51241","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted at CRP Saver Dhaka, with a view to described the various factors that affect the physical disabilities and psychosocial status of the disabled patients, from January to December, 2015. The sample size was 150 and the data were collected by using purposive sampling technique with face-to-face interview. The study revealed that, counterpart (42%). Rural area was found to have highest (56.7%) of Physical disabilities than urban areas (43.3%). Majority of respondents were come from middle and low income group. Neuromuscular disability found higher numbered (67%) than that of musculo skeletal disability (33%). Regarding reasons of disability stroke (25.3%) was in highest position followed by fall from height (21.39%), RTA (16%) and occupational (5.30%) respectively. Physical disability was one of the major causes of psychological problem. Physical disability hamper the social status, (10.7%) of the respondents were lost their jobs due to disabilities. Study found the significance difference between the physical disabilities and interruption of community involvement (χ2 =34.162, p=<0.05). Studies regarding psychosocial aspect among the disabled are rare. This study might be improving the understanding of psychosocial problem of the physical disabled and thereby strengthening the design of more effective identification, prevention and intervention strategies. \u0000Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2020, 6(4): 738-745","PeriodicalId":391187,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131504582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dietary behaviour of pregnant women with anaemia in Bangladesh 孟加拉国贫血孕妇的饮食行为

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2021-01-07 DOI: 10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51233

S. Khatun, A. Saha, Seungmi Park, A. Siddika, P. Sultana, F. Khatun

{"title":"Dietary behaviour of pregnant women with anaemia in Bangladesh","authors":"S. Khatun, A. Saha, Seungmi Park, A. Siddika, P. Sultana, F. Khatun","doi":"10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51233","url":null,"abstract":"In pregnancy a healthy dietary behavior is beneficial for the expecting mother and her fetus. Anemia is one of the most common nutritional deficiency disorders that can be prevented through promoting dietary behavior. The aim of this study is to examine the dietary behavior of pregnant woman with anemia in Bangladesh. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was applied. By using G* Power, 135 pregnant women were purposively recruited from MMCH, Dhaka. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, independent t-test and one way ANOVA. Findings showed the mean age of the participants was 25 (SD=4.96) years. Multi gravida was 55.6% and 68.1% reported their medium healthy condition. The average dietary behavior reported 56.03 (SD=6.15) and 67.4% participants’ hemoglobin concentration were within 10-10.9 g/dl. In bivariate analysis, finding showed that anemia has significantly related with age (F = 12.88, p < 001), level of education (F = 2.92, p = .036), income (r = 0.19, p = .027), gravida (F = 5.63, p = .004) health condition (F = 10.89, p < 001). The result of dietary behaviors showed that anemia has positively correlated (r = 0.21, p = .017) with dietary behavior. Dietary behavior is related with some factors, age, low level education, grand multi and primiparous, poor health condition found less hemoglobin concentration indicate as less dietary intake. Monthly income and dietary behavior impact in increasing Hemoglobin concentration. In this regards, maternal nurses might play a vital role for providing nursing intervention to improve pregnant women’s dietary behavior. \u0000Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2020, 6(4): 674-682","PeriodicalId":391187,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134315676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Knowledge and practices regarding infection control among nurses in secondary level hospital 二级医院护士感染控制知识与实践

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2021-01-07 DOI: 10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51240

Ringku Das, A. Saha, Pritish Barua, Jay Priya Borua, N. Akhter, A. Hossain

{"title":"Knowledge and practices regarding infection control among nurses in secondary level hospital","authors":"Ringku Das, A. Saha, Pritish Barua, Jay Priya Borua, N. Akhter, A. Hossain","doi":"10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AJMBR.V6I4.51240","url":null,"abstract":"Infection control and standard precautions is evidence-based practices that can reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms. Infection control education is a fundamental component of the Nursing curriculum. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and practices regarding infection control among nurses in secondary level hospital at 250 beds Chittagong General Hospital and Fouzderhat TB Hospital, Chittagong. The study period was 1st January to 31st December 2018. Total 182 nurses were included in this study. The respondents were selected by purposive sampling technique and data were collected by face to face interview. The study was found that (78.0%) respondents had fair knowledge and (90.2%) had fair practices regarding infection control. The study also revealed that, 161 (88.5%) respondents awarded about hand washing, 179 (98.4%) respondents were concerned about waste management and 93 (51.1%) respondents agree and 85 (46.7%) respondents strongly agree about PPE use is important. Significant statistical difference was found between working experience and knowledge level. This study can be concluded that in spite of practice level regarding infection control, nurses had fair knowledge level. These finding suggest that nurse knowledge and practice regarding infection control need further improvement. \u0000Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2020, 6(4): 731-737","PeriodicalId":391187,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130828194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Forecasting the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh using ARIMA model 利用ARIMA模型预测COVID-19大流行在孟加拉国的传播

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.1101/2020.10.22.20217414

Lakshmi Rani Kundu, M. Ferdous, Ummay Soumayia Islam, Marjia Sultana

{"title":"Forecasting the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh using ARIMA model","authors":"Lakshmi Rani Kundu, M. Ferdous, Ummay Soumayia Islam, Marjia Sultana","doi":"10.1101/2020.10.22.20217414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.22.20217414","url":null,"abstract":"Background: COVID-19 is one of the most serious global public health threats creating an alarming situation. Therefore, there is an urgent need for investigating and predicting COVID-19 incidence to control its spread more effectively. This study aim to forecast the expected number of daily total confirmed cases, total confirmed new cases, total deaths and total new deaths of COVID-19 in Bangladesh for next 30 days. Methods: The number of daily total confirmed cases, total confirmed new cases, total deaths and total new deaths of COVID-19 from 8 March 2020 to 16 October, 2020 was collected to fit an Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model to forecast the spread of COVID-19 in Bangladesh from 17th October 2020 to 15th November 2020. All statistical analyses were conducted using R-3.6.3 software with a significant level of p< 0.05. Results: The ARIMA (0,2,1) and ARIMA (0,1,1) model was adopted for forecasting the number of daily total confirmed cases, total deaths and total confirmed new cases, new deaths of COVID-19, respectively. The results showed that an upward trend for the total confirmed cases and total deaths, while total confirmed new cases and total new death, will become stable in the next 30 days if prevention measures are strictly followed to limit the spread of COVID-19. Conclusions: The forecasting results of COVID-19 will not be dreadful for upcoming month in Bangladesh. However, the government and health authorities should take new approaches and keep strong monitoring of the existing strategies to control the further spread of this pandemic.","PeriodicalId":391187,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131182846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 16

Epidemiological characteristics of child injury in a tertiary paediatric surgical centre in Bangladesh 孟加拉国一家三级儿科外科中心儿童损伤的流行病学特征

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Pub Date : 2020-10-17 DOI: 10.3329/ajmbr.v6i3.49811

T. Chowdhury, A. Sadia, R. Khan, Abida Farjana, Efat Sharmin, Kafil Hasan, F. Rini, Abdullah Al Farooq

{"title":"Epidemiological characteristics of child injury in a tertiary paediatric surgical centre in Bangladesh","authors":"T. Chowdhury, A. Sadia, R. Khan, Abida Farjana, Efat Sharmin, Kafil Hasan, F. Rini, Abdullah Al Farooq","doi":"10.3329/ajmbr.v6i3.49811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ajmbr.v6i3.49811","url":null,"abstract":"While high income countries (HICs) have reduced the mortality from child injury, it is increasing in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, injury registry and reporting are inconsistent and not well developed in the LMICs. This study aims at describing the epidemiology of child injury in a tertiary paediatric surgical centre in Bangladesh. We retrospectively analysed all patients of injury between 0 and 12 years of age admitted in the Department of Paediatric Surgery, Chattogram Medical College Hospital during January 2017 to June 2020. Analysis was done for the hospital prevalence, age and sex distribution, seasonal variations, mechanism of injury, site of involvement, and mortality from injury. There were a total of 538 patients and male to female ratio was 2.01:1. Hospital prevalence was 6.71%. Mean age was 6.60 ± 3.32 years. School age children were affected more (51.7%); and “6-10 years” age group had the highest number injuries (251 patients, 46.65%). The most common mechanisms of injuries were road-traffic accident (RTA, 35.32%), followed by fall (26.39%) and „stab or cut injury‟ (20.63%). Males experienced more abdominal injuries and females had more perineal injuries (P=0.00). RTA was the commonest mechanism in males (37.05%) and falls were the commonest mechanism in females (32.96%). „Stab or cut injury‟ was the commonest mechanism in infants and toddlers, and RTA was commonest among pre-school and school age children. There were no significant seasonal variations (P=0.09). There were 5.76% intentional injuries. Mortality was 2.60% and major causes of mortality were RTA and animal assaults. Injuries were more prevalent during the mid-childhood with an overall increasing trend with age. Mechanism of injury and site of involvement were different among different age groups and between sexes. \u0000Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. September 2020, 6(3): 577-586","PeriodicalId":391187,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125012141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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