Liver and thyroid profile in educating smokeless tobacco users and its role in oral health promotion

BACKGROUND: Smokeless tobacco (SLT) usage contributes about 40% of the total tobacco used in India. Among the 28 known carcinogens in SLT, tobacco-specific nitrosamines are considered to be the most potent. This has challenged the metabolic condition leading to a rise in the inflammatory status, hep...

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Main Authors: Tanya Khaitan, Anjani Kumar Shukla, Prashant Gupta, Shantala R Naik, Pratik Verma, Surender Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Education and Health Promotion
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Online Access:http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2019;volume=8;issue=1;spage=224;epage=224;aulast=Khaitan