Preventing the oral cavity cancer epidemic

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 420-

  Khawaja, Mohammad Irfanulhaq ^a   Shafiq, Majid ^b   Nusrat, Rabeeya ^b   Khawaja, Muhammad Rizwanulhaq ^b  

^a Rawalpindi General Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETEL NUT; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOUTH TUMOR; NOTE; PAKISTAN; PLANT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO;

ARECA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; PLANT COMPONENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO;

EID: 32944476216     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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