Areca nut: The hidden Indian 'gateway' to future tobacco use and oral cancers among youth

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 319-321

  Chandra, Prabha ^a   Mulla, Uzma ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ARECOLINE; BETEL EXTRACT; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; LEAD; LINDANE; NICKEL; NITROSAMINE; PAN MASALA; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BETEL NUT; EDITORIAL; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA; MASTICATION; MOUTH CANCER; OXIDATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO;

EID: 34250169046     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.32675     Document Type: Editorial

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