Back to Search
Start Over
Prevalence of hypertension and its concomitants: An exploratory study among a group of bus drivers in Kolkata, West Bengal.
- Source :
-
Antrocom: Online Journal of Anthropology . 2019, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p149-157. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
-
Abstract
- The present study was carried out in Kolkata to find out the prevalence of hypertension among bus drivers and if any concomitant factor(s) is/are responsible for it. Bus drivers, a vulnerable occupational group, are exposed to adverse workplace environmental conditions which play major role in developing hypertension among them. This study indicates that a prolonged exposure to smoking, alcohol, street food intake and overtime working may augment the chance of developing hypertension. Prevalence of pre-hypertension is a matter of concern for the safety of bus drivers as well as of community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BUS drivers
*HYPERTENSION
*INGESTION
*DISEASE prevalence
*STREET food
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19732880
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Antrocom: Online Journal of Anthropology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 141164270