Areca nut chewing and dependency syndrome: Is the dependence comparable to smoking? a cross sectional study

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mirza, Saira S ^a   Shafique, Kashif ^a,b   Vart, Priya ^b   Arain, Moin I ^c  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c ISRA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Areca nut; Dependency syndrome; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARECA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; NUT; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARECA; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; NUTS; PAKISTAN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 80051787840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-6-23     Document Type: Article

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