BACKGROUND Rahim Yar Khan (RYK) District is a multi-ethnic assemblage of both ancient and migrated communities in Southern Punjab, Pakistan. There is a paucity of knowledge on the bio-demographic structure of this endogamous population. METHODS We have carried out a cross-sectional epidemiological study in RYK District and recruited 2174 random Muslim married females. Detailed account of mari...

Background: Platelet count less than 150 × 109 / L is referred to as thrombocytopenia, which the second common blood disorder in pregnancy after anemia. Although related with physiological variations platelet count, however, several pathological conditions also cause thrombocytopenia showing significant impact on health of mother and her baby. The prevalence during 7 11%. multifactorial, hemodi...

Groundwater arsenic contamination has exponentially endangered the human life and complicated the efforts for obtaining and maintaining drinking water quality standards in Pakistan, particularly in the central and southern parts of the country. In the province of Sindh, groundwater arsenic concentration has reached up to 1100 μg/L against WHO limits of 10 μg/L. In the province of Punjab, over 2...

The present study aimed to monitor the ambient air quality along main road toassess risk factors which various living and non-living things are exposed in Rahim Yar Khan, anindustrial town of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.LaMotte sampling pump was used SO2,NO2 total oxidants concentration. GasAlert™Extreme Single-Gas Detectors were tomonitorpersonal exposure CO, O2 Cl2, whereas, Mini-Vol SPM sample...