Open AccessInfluence of tobacco chewing on oral health: A hospital-based cross-sectional study in Odisha
Author(s) -
Shilpa Mahapatra,
Preetha Elizabeth Chaly,
Smruti Chandan Mohapatra,
M Madhumitha
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_327_17
Subject(s) - medicine , smokeless tobacco , cross sectional study , dentistry , chewing tobacco , logistic regression , odds ratio , odds , oral health , outpatient clinic , periodontitis , environmental health , demography , tobacco use , population , cancer , sociology , pathology
Smokeless tobacco use in the Indian subcontinent is a part of many religious and cultural rituals and has gained a degree of social acceptance. The deleterious effects of smokeless tobacco are not as well-known as those produced by smoking.