Open AccessOral Health Status of Underground Coal Mine Workers of Ramakrishnapur, Adilabad District, Telangana, India - A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Irram Abbas,
Shakeel Anjum Mohammad,
Parthasarathi Reddy Peddireddy,
Monica Mocherla,
Yadav Rao Koppula,
Rajashekhar Avidapu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/15777.7059
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , oral hygiene , cross sectional study , dentistry , population , tooth brushing , oral health , coal mining , hygiene , coal , geography , archaeology , pathology , engineering , brush , toothbrush , electrical engineering
Standard of living and quality of life of people has been improved by the expanding industrial activity, but at the other end it has created many occupational hazards. Coal mining is one of the major age old industries throughout the world and in India. Till date very less literature is available worldwide and in India concerning the oral health status of laborers in this field.