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‘Bhopal victims prone to high blood pressure’ [1]

“Survivors of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal are more prone to developing high blood pressure than unexposed people of the same socio-economic background.”

This was disclosed by members of the Sambhavna Trust Clinic at a press conference here on Sunday. They presented findings of their recent study coinciding with World Health Day.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2013
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh [3], Bhopal (D) [4], Bhopal Gas Disaster [5], Union Carbide [6], Health Effects [7], Hypertension (Blood Pressure) [8], WHO [9], Industrial Pollution [10], Obesity [11], Hazardous Waste [12], Health [13]
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