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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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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 |