Prevalence of oral lesions in relation to habits: Cross-sectional study in South India

Indian Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 121-125

  Saraswathi, T ^a   Ranganathan, K ^a   Shanmugam, S ^a   Sowmya, R ^a   Narasimhan, Prem ^a   Gunaseelan, R ^a  

^a RAGAS DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Areaa nut; Betel quid; Chewer's mucosa oral lesions; Leukoplakia; Lichen planus; Panmasala; Tamilnadu India; Unfiltered cigarette oral submucous fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; STOMATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ARECA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STOMATITIS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 33847685878     PISSN: 09709290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.29877     Document Type: Article

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