Areca nut (betel nut) chewing: A popular Indian cultural practice and its mucosal implications

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-232

  Verma, Shyam ^a  

^a Nirvana Skin Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETEL NUT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INDIAN; MASTICATION; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH MUCOSA; NOTE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA;

ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HABITS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIP NEOPLASMS; MASTICATION; ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 78751610849     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04710.x     Document Type: Note

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