Civil construction work: The unseen contributor to the occupational and global disease burden.

Background: Construction industry is the second largest employment giving industry in India with many semi-skilled or unskilled workers taking up the occupation for livelihood without any training and proper guidance.

Aim: To evaluate the pathogenic association of cement exposure to occupational contact dermatoses as evidenced by immune markers and to correlate their pulmonary functions with years of exposure to cement.

Setting And Design: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among randomly selected cement workers.

Predicted equations for pulmonary function in normal adolescent south Indian population.

Pulmonary functions are affected by variables like age, sex, height, weight, and geographic location. Our study aims to establish predicted, equations for pulmonary functions in normal South Indian adolescent population. 400 subjects were grouped into pre & peripubertal (10-14 years) and pubertal (15 to 18 years) age categories.

Study of the effect of stress on skeletal muscle function in geriatrics.

Background: Old age is associated with weakness of skeletal muscles and decrease in muscle functions. Usually in old-age, people undergo wasting of muscles, so they are more prone for fall and fracture. It has been stated that stress and cognition has an impact on muscle functions.