Role of tobacco in the development of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in an eastern Indian population

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Basu, Ramita ^a   Mandal, Syamsundar ^b   Ghosh, Amlan ^b   Poddar, Tapan Kumar ^a  

^a VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE   (India)

^b CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern India; Epidemiology; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650886037     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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