Smokeless tobacco use among adult patients who visited family practice clinics in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 416-421

  Ali, Niloufer Sultan ^a,b   Khuwaja, Ali Khan ^a   Ali, Tabrez ^c   Hameed, Rabia ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Oral cancer; Pakistan; Smokeless tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BETEL NUT; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION CENTER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549171788     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2009.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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