A case-control study of oesophageal cancer was carried out in Trivandrum, Kerala, involving 267 cases and 895 controls. Risk factors studied in males were pan (betel)-tobacco chewing, bidi and cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol and taking snuff. Only pan-tobacco chewing was investigated in females
Suicide: a disturbing factor in the ‘development model’ of Kerala, India
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- Book ID
- 106328661
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1741-3842
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