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Feasibility of undertaking cancer incidence studies in rural areas of India.
- Source :
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization [Bull World Health Organ] 1976; Vol. 54 (1), pp. 11-8. - Publication Year :
- 1976
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Abstract
- In the rural areas of developing countries, modern medical facilities are well below optimum levels and death registration is not mandatory. In India, as a result of such a situation, very few studies have been undertaken on the incidence of cancer in the rural population, though 80% of the people live in villages. The paper presents cancer incidence rates observed in a rural area of India by means of a method involving the use of paramedical personnel for initial screening, to minimize the cost. A statistical evaluation of the results shows that the method can be used for registering common sites of cancer in an area where conventional cancer registration methods are not applicable.
- Subjects :
- Humans
India
Registries
Rural Population
Neoplasms epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0042-9686
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1087585