Is workplace screening for potentially malignant oral disorders feasible in India?

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 672-676

  Warnakulasuriya, S ^a,b   Kashyap, R ^a   Dasanayake, A P ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine and Dentistry   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

oral mucosal lesions; oral pre cancer; risk factors; screening; workplace

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; TOBACCO; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERYTHROPLASIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957598000     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2010.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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