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标题：Prevalence of hypertension and its concomitants: An exploratory study among a group of bus drivers in Kolkata, West Bengal
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作者：MONOJIT DAS ; AKASH MALLICK ; SUBIR BISWAS 等
期刊名称：Antrocom : Online Journal of Anthropology
电子版ISSN：1973-2880
出版年度：2019
卷号：15
期号：2
页码：149-157
出版社：Antrocom Onlus
摘要：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.
关键词：Alcohol intake; Bus drivers;; Hypertension; India; Prehypertension;; Smoking; Introduction