DENTAL CARIES EXPERIENCE AND TREATMENT NEEDS OF GREEN MARBLE MINE LABORERS IN UDAIPUR DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA

Dental caries experience and treatment needs of green marble mine laborers in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India

Background and Objectives: The study was undertaken at Kesariyaji, located in Udaipur district of Rajasthan.There are about 3 million workers who marble mine at Rajasthan.Living conditions of these workers are substandard and most of them are immigrant workers living in tiny shacks.Majority of them belong to lower socioeconomic status with poor edu

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Unintended consequences of COVID-19 safety measures on patients with chronic knee pain forced to defer joint replacement surgery

Abstract.In recent months, with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American College of Surgeons and the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended the delay of nonemergency procedures until the public health crisis is resolved.Deferring elective joint replacement surgeries for an unknown period is likely to decre

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NEW OCCURRENCE OF TWO EXOTIC HYDROPHYTES AZOLLA FILICULOIDES LAM. AND HYDRILLA VERTICELLATA (L. F.) ROYLE IN TIGRIS RIVER WITHIN MOSUL CITY

The present research is a scientific documentation of a historical environmental event, which is the invasion of two species of non-native (exotic) aquatic plants for the Tigris River flowing in Mosul city center near Al-Dandan water purification plant.One of them is Azolla filiculoides Lam., a fern belonging to the family Salviniaceae, the other b

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