A case-control study of bidi smoking and bronchogenic carcinoma

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 238-241

  Prasad, R ^a   Ahuja, R C ^a   Singhal, S ^b   Srivastava, A N ^a   James, P ^a   Kesarwani, V ^a   Singh, D ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Era's Lucknow Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Bidi; cigarette; epidemiology; lung cancer; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIDI SMOKING; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO;

EID: 77956988963     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.69116     Document Type: Article

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