Studying on impacts of hospital waste on community health in Viet Tri Hospital
Journal of Practical Medicine
;
: 21-23, 2005.
Article
in Vietnamese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-6181
ABSTRACT
Health status of 263 people living in area near by Viet Tri province hospital (study group) was compared to that of 75 people in non-impacted area (control group). The result showed that weight and height of people in the study group was lower significantly than that of people in control group (45.84 +/- 6.28 and 1.53 +/- 0.07 compared with 49.18+/-7.03 and 1.56+/- 0.08, respectively). The number of people in the study group having history of dysentery symptom was higher than people in the control group (9.8% vs 15.9%). Due to impacts of environmental pollution, water and air pollution, the rate of people in study group with dermatophytosis diseases was higher clearly than people in control group. The dermatophytosis diseases included infected eczema, tinea pedis and tinea unguium
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Main subject:
Health
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Epidemiology
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Medical Waste
Language:
Vietnamese
Journal:
Journal of Practical Medicine
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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