Impact of Toombak dipping in the etiology of oral cancer: Gender-exclusive hazard in the Sudan

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-130

  Ahmed, Hussain G ^a,c   Mahgoob, Rayan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Atypia; Cytology; Sudan oral cancer; Toombak

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; NITROSAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CYTOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 34548665964     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 09731482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.34696     Document Type: Article

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