Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels in hookah smokers, cigarette smokers and non-smokers

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 595-599

  Sajid, Khan Mohammad ^a   Parveen, Riffat ^a   Durr e Sabih, ^a   Chaouachi, Kamal ^a   Naeem, Ayisha ^a   Mahmood, Rubaida ^a   Shamim, Rahat ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; SMOKING; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 38349107952     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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