Smokeless tobacco and health in India and South Asia

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-431

  Gupta, Prakash C ^a   Ray, Cecily S ^a,b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Areca; Asthma; Health policy; Hypertension; Intervention studies; Morbidity; Mortality; Neoplasms; Oral submucous fibrosis; Pregnancy outcomes; Smokeless tobacco; South Asia

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ASTHMA; BETEL NUT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EDUCATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIA; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ASIA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 0347518974     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00507.x     Document Type: Review

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