Smokers' Melanosis: Occurrence and Localization in the Attached Gingiva

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 1977, Pages 1533-1538

  Hedin, C Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CHLORZOXAZONE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE;

GINGIVA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOSIS; MOUTH; MOUTH MUCOSA; PIGMENTATION; SMOKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MELANINS; MELANOSIS; NICOTINE; SMOKING;

EID: 0017567771     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1977.01640110053007     Document Type: Article

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