Open AccessTrends in the epidemiology of oral squamous cell carcinoma in western UP: An institutional study
Author(s) -
Preeti Sharma,
Susmita Saxena,
Pooja Aggarwal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.70782
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , incidence (geometry) , medicine , basal cell , tongue , epidemiology , areca , demography , chewing tobacco , buccal mucosa , population , dentistry , cancer , pathology , oral cavity , tobacco use , environmental health , physics , structural engineering , sociology , nut , optics , engineering
The purpose of the study was to identify trends in incidence rates of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) at specific anatomic sites or within specific age or sex groups in the Western Uttar Pradesh population.