Paan without tobacco: An independent risk factor for oral cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 128-131

  Merchant, Anwar ^a,b   Husain, Syed S M ^b   Hosain, Mervyn ^c   Fikree, Fariyal F ^b   Pitiphat, Waranuch ^a,d,e   Siddiqui, Amna Rehana ^b   Hayder, Syed J ^b   Haider, Syed M ^f   Ikram, Mubashir ^b   Chuang, Sung Kiang ^a,d   Saeed, Shaikh A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f ABBASI SHAHEED HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETEL EXTRACT; CALCIUM OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CONDIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARECA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLANTS, TOXIC; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 0034008386     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000401)86:1<128::AID-IJC20>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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