TY - BOOK AU - Izhar, Nilofar, ed. TI - Geography and health: a study in medical geography SN - 8176485888 U1 - 614.42 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - A.P.H. KW - Medical geography KW - Rural health KW - Traditional medicine KW - Environmental health KW - Environmentally induced diseases KW - Health planning N1 - 1. Introduction to geography of health / Nilofar Izhar -- 2. Progress in medical geography / Rais Akhtar and Nilofar Izhar -- 3. Environment and health in Kashmir during the nineteenth century / Rais Akhtar -- 4. Drinking water and water-borne disease in an urban environment : a case of Ahmedabad / Anjana Desai and Avantika Prajapati -- 5. Spatial and epidemiological aspects of Andaman Haemorrhagic Fever (AHF) / P.H. Anand -- 6. Environmental health : a case study of arsenic poisoning in West Bengal / Jayati Hazra -- 7. Environment, nutrition, and health : a case study of rural areas of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir state / Rais Akhtar and Abdul Qayoom Khan -- 8. Spatial and epidemiological aspects of plague in India: a case study of Mamla Village and Surat City / Harshit Sinha -- 9. Geographical distribution of goitre in Kashmir Valley : a geomedical study / Ishtiaq A. Mayer -- 10. Labrador keratopathy: a literature review in geographical ophthalmology / Micheline Frechete -- 11. Impact of MDT on changing scenario of leprosy in Tamil Nadu / V. Saravanbavan and S. Shanmuganandan -- 12. Health status of women in rural areas in Kashmir Valley / Nilofar Izhar -- 13. Dyslipoproteinemia in North Indian Type-2 diabetes subjects (a hospital based study) / S. Shafiq and J. Ahmad -- 14. Development and health / Nilofar Izhar and Rais Akhtar -- 15. Health hazard in Northern Tamil Nadu : an analysis for estimating health by social determinants / D. Thulasimala and N. Sivagnanam -- 16. Health of industrial workers : a case study of Vadodara urban area / Bindu Bhatt and Jayasree De -- 17. Health status of children in a slum area of Bhopal / Rajeshwari Dubey -- 18. Health profile of traffic policemen in Vadodara / Bindu Bhatt and Salil Latay -- 19. Health effects of changing lifestyles and behaviour in cities / Yola Verhasselt -- 20. Planning strategy for basic medical facilities in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh / Bijendra Singh -- 21. Primary health services : their adequacy and accessibility in Vadodara district / Rolee Kanchan -- 22. Health system research and management issues of skin infections / S.C. Mohapatra [and others] -- 23. Traditional medical system in the valley of Kashmir : historical context and the present scenario / Nilofar Izhar -- 24. High altitude medicinal plants and Amchi system of medicine in Ladakh / G.M. Buth and Irshad A. Nawchoo -- 25. Sociodemographic factors affecting the knowledge of rural women about the simple maternal and child health interventions : a study in district Rohtak, Haryana / A.K. Sood and B.K. Nagla -- 26. Social ceremonies, indigenous and cultural practices affecting maternal and child health in rural areas of Haryana / A.K. Sood and B.K. Nagla -- 27. A qualitative study of health practices among tribal communities in the relocated villages of Sardar Sarovar Dam / Harshit Sinha -- 28. HIV/AIDS training needs assessment of nursing paramedical and auxiliary staff working in a large hosptial in Delhi / R.K. Kataria and A.K. Sood -- 29. HIV/AIDS diffusion in South and South East Asia / Kailash Choubey -- 30. Remote sensing applications in the identification of malariogenic zones in Visakhapatnam City / B. Hema Malini and Pampa Choudhury -- 31. GIS, spatial epidemiology and health care planning / Jacek Malczewski ER -