Assessment of potential toxicity of a smokeless tobacco product (naswar) available on the Pakistani market

Tobacco Control

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 396-401

  Zakiullah, ^a   Saeed, Muhammad ^a   Muhammad, Naveed ^a   Khan, Saeed Ahmad ^a   Gul, Farah ^a   Khuda, Fazli ^a   Humayun, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Hamayun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; NICKEL; NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; HUMAN; MARKETING; PAKISTAN; PH; SMOKELESS TOBACCO;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGENS; CHROMIUM; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MARKETING; NICKEL; NICOTINE; PAKISTAN; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84863778154     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.042630     Document Type: Article

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