Mixture of betel leaf, areca nut and tobacco chewing is a risk factor for cytogenetic damage in construction workers from South India

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-148

  Sudha, Sellappa ^a   Mythili, Balakrishnan ^a   Balachandar, Vellingiri ^b  

^a KARPAGAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Areca nut; Betel leaf; Chromosomal aberration; Micronucleus.; Tobacco snuff

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650688207     PISSN: 16773217     EISSN: 16773225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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