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Drivers, facilitators, and sources of stigma among Akha and Lahu hill tribe people who used methamphetamine in Thailand: a qualitative approach

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The stigma related to drug use has several impacts, including effects on users’ physical and mental health. Methamphetamine is a major drug that is used among hill tribes living in the border areas of Thailand and Myanmar.
Anusorn Udplong, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Peeradone Srichan, Thanatchaporn Mulikaburt, Pilasinee Wongnuch, Siwarak Kitchanapaibul, Panupong Upala, Chalitar Chomchoei, Fartima Yeemard, Ratipark Tamornpark, Onnalin Singkhorn   +10 more
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Epidemiology of prediabetes mellitus among hill tribe adults in Thailand

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Prediabetes is a major silent health problem that leads to the development of diabetes within a few years, particularly among those who have a low socioeconomic status.
Tawatchai Apidechkul, Chalitar Chomchiei, Panupong Upala, Ratipark Tamornpark   +3 more
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Attacking the public health crisis of hepatocellular carcinoma at its roots

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract As the third most common cause of cancer‐related death worldwide with significant mortality rates in the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma has strong association with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) with a growing at‐risk population from the rise in chronic liver disease from alcohol use and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Hannah M. Lee, Steven D. Lidofsky, Tamar H. Taddei, Lisa J. Townshend‐Bulson   +3 more
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Acceptance and accessibility to the early phase COVID-19 vaccination among the healthcare workers and hill tribe population in Thailand

Scientific Reports, 2022
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a serious emerging disease and an extreme threat to human life. This study aimed to understand the perceptions of hill tribe people living in the border areas of Thailand-Myanmar and health workers regarding the ...
Pilasinee Wongnuch, Thanatchaporn Mulikaburt, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Peeradone Srichan, Ratipark Tamornpark, Anusorn Udplong, Soontaree Suratana, Siwarak Kitchanapaibul   +7 more
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QUANTITATIVE ETHNOBOTANY OF SOME FICUS L. SPECIES IN KHASI AND JAINTIA HILLS, MEGHALAYA, INDIA [PDF]

Exploratory Animal and Medical Research, 2023
Ficus L. is a genus in Moraceae with 115 taxa from all over India and plays a key role in Indian ethnobotany. The Khasi and Jaintia hill in Meghalaya is rich in flora including the genus Ficus L. and have diverse cultures among local tribes. The uses,
Sreyoshee Sensarma, Chaya Deori, Uma Shankar   +2 more
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Grasses of Kundadri Hills in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020
: The present communication provides a checklist of grass flora in Kundadri Hill of central Western Ghats, Karnataka.  During the exploration, a total of 78 species belonging to two sub-families, 12 tribes, and 43 genera of Poaceae have been documented.
Hanchali Udayashankar Abhijit, Yelugere Linganaik Krishnamurthy   +1 more
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Polymorphic Alu Insertion/Deletion in Different Caste and Tribal Populations from South India. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Seven human-specific Alu markers were studied in 574 unrelated individuals from 10 endogamous groups and 2 hill tribes of Tamil Nadu and Kerala states.
Rathika Chinniah, Murali Vijayan, Manikandan Thirunavukkarasu, Dhivakar Mani, Kamaraj Raju, Padma Malini Ravi, Ramgopal Sivanadham, Kandeepan C, Mahalakshmi N, Balakrishnan Karuppiah   +9 more
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Colonial Intervention to a New Equation of Politics in India’s Northeast

Space and Culture, India, 2020
Colonialism has its impact on Indian politics and society even after the colonialism. Pre-colonial Assam was able to maintain its independent status till 1826.
Mayuri Bora
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Experiences and expectations regarding COVID-19 prevention and control measures among the hill tribe population of northern Thailand: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background COVID-19 has been a major human threat for a year. A large number of people have been infected and killed globally, including hill tribe people living in remote and border areas between Thailand and Myanmar.
Siwarak Kitchanapaibul, Anusorn Udplong, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Ratipark Tamornpark, Thanatchaporn Mulikaburt, Peeradone Srichan, Soontaree Suratana, Fatima Yeemard, Pilasinee Wongnuch   +8 more
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Factors associated with hypertriglyceridemia among the hill tribe people aged 30 years and over, Thailand: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Triglycerides are lipids in the human body that are produced from the consumption of daily food and drink. However, elevated serum triglycerides, also known as hypertriglyceridemia (HTG), are key biomarkers indicating an unhealthy status and ...
Panupong Upala, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Chanyanut Wongfu, Siriyaporn Khunthason, Niwed Kullawong, Vivat Keawdounglek, Chalitar Chomchoei, Fartima Yeemard, Ratipark Tamornpark   +8 more
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