EDITORIAL

The village health cadre": Need of the day

Noor Ahmad Khan

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

A study of seasonal allergic rhinitis in Hazara division

Rehman Ghani, Ghulam Nahi and Saadia Ghazal

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Inducing agents for bronchoscopy. A comparative evaluation of propanidid and thiopentone

Syed Mushtaq Ahmed Gilani

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Effect of altitude on spirometric values

Muhammad Ayub, Muhammad Daud, Ahmed Badar, Farrukh A. Khan and Nusrat Waqar

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Postprandial variations in blood pressure in the elderly people

Mohammad Yusuf Ahmed Badar and Ahmed Kamal Ansari

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Association of oral and oesophageal carcinoma with tobacco

Rehman Ghani, Rizwanullah, Syed Hamayun Shah and Ghulam Arabi

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Preparation of dry specimen of bones

Muhammad Aaqil Siddiqui

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Sensitivity pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis against five antituberculosis drugs

Muhammad Tariq Khan, Abdul Hannan and Manzoor Ahmad

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Use of Calcium Hydroxide as an antimicrobial agent in endodontics

Abdul Wahid

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Comparative gastric ulcerogenic effects of Naproxen, Fenoprofen and Rectified spirit in albino rat

Umar Daraz and Muhammad Zahoor Janjua

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Effects of smokeless tobacco on stomach

Syed Hamayun Shah, S'aleein Akhtar and A. H. Nagi

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