Oral Cancer: Risk Factors and Molecular Pathogenesis

Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-137

  Ram, Hari ^a   Sarkar, Jayanta ^b   Kumar, Hemant ^b   Konwar, Rituraj ^b   Bhatt, M L B ^a   Mohammad, Shadab ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Molecular biology; Oral cancer; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872200632     PISSN: 09728279     EISSN: 0974942X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12663-011-0195-z     Document Type: Review

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