Smokeless tobacco use in Pakistan and its association with oropharyngeal cancer;Consommation de tabac sans fumée au Pakistan et association avec le cancer oropharyngé

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Bile, K M ^a   Shaikh, J A ^a   Afridi, H U R ^a   Khan, Y ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b National AIDS Control Program   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CALCIUM OXIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAKISTAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO;

EID: 77957124579     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.supp.24     Document Type: Article

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