Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in Iranian patients and risk factors in young adults: A fifteen-year study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3373-3378

  Mafi, Negar ^a   Kadivar, Maryam ^a,b   Hosseini, Niloufar ^a   Ahmadi, Sara ^a   Zare Mirzaie, Ali ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Iran; Risk factors; Smoking; Squamous cell carcinoma; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873599922     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.7.3373     Document Type: Article

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