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Urbanization 141<br />

Table 7.3.4 Percentage of Patients (%) Attend<strong>in</strong>g Outpatient Department (medical) Suffer<strong>in</strong>g from ARI <strong>in</strong> the Dhaka<br />

Shishu Hospital<br />

Year<br />

W<strong>in</strong>ter (November-February) Summer (March-June) Monsoon (July-October)<br />

ARI Wheeze ARI Wheeze ARI Wheeze<br />

1996 39 21 35 10 25 8<br />

1997 48 25 42 10 32 9<br />

1997 52 33 45 15 35 11<br />

Source : Hussa<strong>in</strong> (2000)<br />

Note<br />

: ARI = Acute Respiratory Infection<br />

Table 7.3.5 Noise Level (dBA) Near Road<br />

Time Interval<br />

Locations<br />

Gulisthan Sc. Lab. Saydabad Farm Gate Dhanmondi Gulshan Uttara<br />

Land-use Type Comm. Mixed Comm. Comm. Res. Res. Res.<br />

7am -11am 80.08 76.24 83.27 80.07 75.87 76.16 76.25<br />

11am - 3pm 79.34 75.19 83.89 78.86 74.38 74.83 74.81<br />

3pm-7pm 81.13 77.23 84.37 81.96 75.21 76.11 76.81<br />

7pm -11pm 78.52 75.32 82.08 80.28 76.30 74.31 73.36<br />

Source : Alam et. al. (2000)<br />

Note<br />

: Comm. : Commercial; Res.: Residential

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