Khat (Catha edulis) - An updated review

Addiction Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-307

  Al Hebshi, Nezar N ^a,b   Skaug, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Laboratory of Oral Microbiology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

AFRICA; ASIA; BOTANY; CATHA EDULIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASTICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CATHA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTITIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 28744441405     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556210500353020     Document Type: Review

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