Population profile and residential environment of an urban poor community in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Khalequzzaman, Md ^a   Chiang, Chifa ^b   Hoque, Bilqis Amin ^c   Choudhury, Sohel Reza ^d   Nizam, Saika ^c   Yatsuya, Hiroshi ^b,e   Matsuyama, Akiko ^f   Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^b   Islam, Syed Shariful ^a   Iso, Hiroyasu ^g   Aoyama, Atsuko ^b  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Environment and Pollution Research Centre   (Bangladesh)

^d National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute   (Bangladesh)

^e FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Baseline population survey; Non communicable diseases; Residential environment; The urban poor

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FAINTNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KITCHEN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; POPULATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO USE; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; HUMANS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SELF REPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85031763742     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12199-017-0610-2     Document Type: Article

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