Oral cancer screening at workplace in India - One-year follow-up

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-138

  Uplap, Pallavi A ^a   Mishra, G A ^a   Majumdar, P ^a   Gupta, S D ^a   Rane, P S ^b   Sadalge, P K ^a   Avasare, A M ^a   Goswami, S S ^a   Dhar, V A ^c   Shastri, S S ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Family Planning Association of India   (India)

^c Suryakant Wagal Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Naked eye examination; oral cancer screening; tobacco cessation; workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052892808     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.84133     Document Type: Article

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