Areca nut use and cancer in India

Areca nut is widely used in India and the consumption has increased over the past two decades, with availability in new dry packaged forms (pan masala, gutka, mawa). Recent reports of increasing mouth cancer incidence have suggested an association with areca nut consumption. Here we have reviewed th...

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Main Authors: Prakash C Gupta, Cecily S Ray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Biomedical Research Journal
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Online Access:http://www.brjnmims.org/article.asp?issn=2349-3666;year=2015;volume=2;issue=2;spage=140;epage=165;aulast=Gupta;type=0