Assessment of genetic damage among chewers of mixture containing mainly areca nut and tobacco

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 852-860

  Joshi, Mayur S ^a   Verma, Yogendra ^a   Gautam, Anil K ^a   Shivgotra, Vijay K ^a   Parmar, Girish ^b   Kumar, Sunil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

areca nut; comet assay; cytokinesis block micronucleus (CBMN); DNA damage; oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF); tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARECA; ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARECA; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS; TOBACCO;

EID: 82955223455     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511419838     Document Type: Article

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