Cancer risks of hookah (shisha, narghile) tobacco use require further independent sound studies

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1737-1739

  Chaouachi, Kamal ^a   Sajid, Khan Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b NISHTAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hookah; Pancreatic cancer; Risk factor; Shisha; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOGEN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; HEAVY METAL; WATER;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BLADDER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METALS, HEAVY; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER;

EID: 77956582316     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25179     Document Type: Letter

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