Mouthwash and oral cancer risk: An update

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-200

  Vecchia, Carlo La ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case control studies; Mouthwash; Oral cancer; Risk

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MOUTHWASH; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GARGLE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ETHANOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MOUTHWASHES; ORAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60249090072     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.08.012     Document Type: Review

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