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Awareness about tobacco causing head and neck cancers via mass media: a case-control study from India
This study assessed the awareness of people about the adverse effects of tobacco (smoking and chewing) consumption causing head and neck cancers via mass media channels like television, cinema, radio and newspapers or magazines, wall painting or billboards / hoardings, public transportation and packets of chewing tobacco, bidis or cigarettes.
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Delayed tibial shaft fracture healing associated with smoking: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies conducted worldwide
Tibial fractures represent a great burden of disease globally, being the most common long-bone fracture; smoking is a known risk factor for delayed skeletal healing and post-fracture complications. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to analyse the effect of smoking on healing of tibial shaft fractures.
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Anxiety and sleep disturbances among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: cross-sectional online survey
This study evaluated and measured the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the anxiety levels and sleep quality among health care workers in India, as well as to determine how the unavailability of personal protective equipment affects their willingness to provide patient-related care.