Socio-demographic correlates of betel, areca and smokeless tobacco use as a high risk behavior for head and neck cancers in a squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan.

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Published in Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy on April 26, 2006

Authors

Samia Mazahir1, Rabia Malik, Maria Maqsood, Kanwal Aliraza Merchant, Farida Malik, Atif Majeed, Zafar Fatmi, Muhammad Rizwanulhaq Khawaja, Shehzad Ghaffar

Author Affiliations

1: Class of 2006, Aga Khan University - Medical College, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. mrkhawaja@gmail.com.

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