Prevalence of potentially malignant oral mucosal lesions among tobacco users in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 757-762

  Al Attas, Safia Ali ^a   Ibrahim, Suzan Seif ^a,c   Amer, Hala Abbas ^a,b   Darwish, Zeinab El Said ^a   Hassan, Mona Hassan ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Mucosal soft tissue lesions; Potentially malignant lesions; Prevalence; Tobacco users

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARECA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ARECA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84894658349     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.2.757     Document Type: Article

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