Alcohol, Tobacco and Oral Precancerous Disorders

von Munjul Tiwari

60 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The combined effect of chewing tobacco (areca quid chewing) alcohol drinking andsmoking greatly increase the risk of Oral Precancerous Disorders (like Leukoplakia, Erythroplakia, Oral submucous fibrosis and Verrucous lesions) in oral cavity. In developing countries of South East Asia, Indian people develop more oral precancerous disorders like Leukoplakia, Erythroplakia, Oral submucous fibrosis and Verrucous lesions compare to many other developed countries.It is estimated that in India 75% of cancers of oral cavity are attributable to tobacco chewing, smoking and alcohol drinking. So the purpose of this book is to present the correlations of these premalignant disorders microscopically with in tobacco users and alcohol drinkers.

• Themen: Medizin Medizin / Gesundheitswesen, allgemein Public Health und Präventivmedizin Persönliche Gesundheit und Gesundheitswesen / Gesundheitserziehung
• ISBN: 9788792329851
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2011
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)