Hookah epidemic

British Dental Journal

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 192-193

  Chaouachi, K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; WATER;

HEAT; HUMAN; LETTER; MOUTH TUMOR; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; WATER;

EID: 70349304317     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.771     Document Type: Letter

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