Open AccessOral cancer screening at workplace in India-one-year follow-up
Author(s) -
PA Uplap,
Gauravi A Mishra,
Prasanta Kumar Majumdar,
Shobhit Gupta,
PS Rane,
PK Sadalge,
AM Avasare,
S. Goswami,
VA Dhar,
SS Shastri
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.84133
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , smoking cessation , cohort , family medicine , environmental health , popularity , intervention (counseling) , nursing , pathology , psychology , social psychology
Oral cancer remains the commonest form of cancer and cancer-related deaths among Indian males due to popularity of avoidable risk factors such as tobacco and alcohol use. A workplace oral cancer screening and tobacco cessation study was commenced on World No Tobacco Day 2007 at a chemical industry in rural Maharashtra.