Biosensors have shown great potential for health care and environmental monitoring. The
performance of biosensors depends on their components, among which the matrix material, ie…

Rapidly increasing environmental pollution has been recognized as a major concern, and its
monitoring has become a priority area for human health. 1− 4 This fact has led efforts to find …

Existing public health emergencies due to fatal/infectious diseases such as coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) and monkeypox have raised the paradigm of 5 th generation portable …

Background As mortality rates decline, life expectancy increases, and populations age, non-fatal
outcomes of diseases and injuries are becoming a larger component of the global …

Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides
an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden …

Background Measurement of changes in health across locations is useful to compare and
contrast changing epidemiological patterns against health system performance and identify …

Aims/hypothesis This study reports the results of the first phase of a national study to determine
the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes (impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired …

Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD
2016) provides a comprehensive assessment of risk factor exposure and attributable burden of …

Background Previous studies have not adequately captured the heterogeneous nature of
the diabetes epidemic in India. The aim of the ongoing national Indian Council of Medical …

Background 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have
populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in …