MAGNITUDE AND CORRELATES OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE AMONG BRICK KILN WORKERS IN A RURAL BLOCK OF MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Background: Nicotine dependence, a major public health problem, causes respiratory illnesses like asthma, COPD, shades eq 07m chronic bronchitis, pneumoconiosis (e.g.silicosis) and respiratory infections.Occupational exposure of smoke and dust among brick kiln workers, in addition to tobacco addiction result in worsening of lung function and increa

We acquired high-resolution seismic reflection profiles and continuously cored boreholes to evaluate active flexures produced by major blind thrust fault systems within two densely populated Neogene-Quaternary sedimentary basins in Japan: the Fukaya Fault System near Tokyo lg up8770 in the Kanto Basin and the Uemachi Fault System in