MAGNITUDE AND CORRELATES OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE AMONG BRICK KILN WORKERS IN A RURAL BLOCK OF MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Magnitude and Correlates of Nicotine Dependence Among Brick Kiln Workers in A Rural Block of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India

Background: Nicotine dependence, a major public health problem, causes respiratory illnesses like asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis, pneumoconiosis (e.g.silicosis) and respiratory infections.Occupational exposure of smoke and dust among brick kiln workers, in addition to tobacco addiction result in worsening of lung function and increase the risk of

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Penguin Dynamics Along the West Antarctic Peninsula

This activity incorporates the use of real scientific data to explore ecosystem dynamics among three Antarctic penguin species.Students will analyze two Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) data sets and supporting graphics to cause and Oil effect and feedback relationships driving changes observed in Adelie, Chinstrap, and Gentoo penguins between

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Some Aspects of International Children Abduction - Theoretical and Practical Approach from the Perspective of the European Law and Judicial Practice

Everyday life revealed even in the media by presenting cases of international abduction of minors, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the existence of cases increasingly complex from the national/ EU practice, to which we should add the insufficient analysis in the doctrine of the topic in representing some evidence to support the elaboration

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