Tobacco use and oral leukoplakia: Cross-sectional study among the Gond tribe in Madhya Pradesh

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1515-1518

  Kumar, Surendra ^a   Muniyandi, Malaisamy ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

India; Leukoplakia; Marginalized population; Tobacco use; Tribe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926149946     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.4.1515     Document Type: Article

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