Smoking cessation and diabetes control in Kerala, India: an urgent need for health education (2009)
Thresia, C. U., Thankappan, K. R., Nichter, M.
This study documented the tobacco use among male diabetes patients in a clinic-based population of urban India, patient reports of physician cessation messages and patients’ perception of tobacco...
Prevalence and determinants of diabetes mellitus in the Indian industrial population. (2008)
Ajay, V S, Prabhakaran, D, Jeemon, P, Thankappan, K R, Mohan, V, Ramakrishnan, L, ...
AIM: To highlight the regional difference in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and to explore determinants in variability in the Indian industrial population. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey...
Mohan, V, Mathur, P, Deepa, R, Deepa, M, Shukla, D K, Menon, G R, ...
Recent reports show strikingly high prevalence of diabetes among urban Asian Indians; however, there are very few studies comparing urban, peri-urban and rural prevalence rates of diabetes and their...
Demand side financing for reproductive and child health services in India (2006)
Bhatia, Mrigesh, Yesudian, C.A.K, Gorter, A, Thankappan, K.R
Demand side financing for reproductive and child health services in India (2006)
Bhatia, Mrigesh, Yesudian, C.A.K, Gorter, A, Thankappan, K.R
Assessing Potential Risk Factors for Child Malnutrition in Rural Kerala, India (2001)
Sanghvi, Uma, Thankappan, K.R., Sarma, P. Sankara, Sali, Najeeb
Studies indicate that 42–57 per cent of all child deaths in developing countries are due to the potentiating effects of malnutrition on infectious disease, of which over three‐quarters can...
Educational status and cardiovascular risk profile in Indians
Reddy, K. Srinath, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Jeemon, Panniyammakal, Thankappan, K. R., Joshi, Prashant, Chaturvedi, Vivek, ...
The inverse graded relationship of education and risk factors of coronary heart disease (CHD) has been reported from Western populations. To examine whether risk factors of CHD are predicted by level...
Reddy, K. S., Prabhakaran, D., Chaturvedi, V., Jeemon, P., Thankappan, K. R., Ramakrishnan, L., ...
OBJECTIVE: To establish a surveillance network for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk factors in industrial settings and estimate the risk factor burden using standardized tools. METHODS: We...