Oral Oncology
Volume 39, Issue 7 , Pages 664-671 , October 2003

Socioeconomic status, lifestyle factors and oral premalignant lesions

  • M. Hashibe

      Affiliations

    • International Agency for Research on Cancer, Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, 150, cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon, Cedex 08, France
    • Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, 71-225 CHS, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +33-4-7273-8320
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  • B.J. Jacob

      Affiliations

    • Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum 695011, India
    • ,
  • G. Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum 695011, India
    • ,
  • K. Ramadas

      Affiliations

    • Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum 695011, India
    • ,
  • B. Mathew

      Affiliations

    • Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum 695011, India
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  • R. Sankaranarayanan

      Affiliations

    • International Agency for Research on Cancer, Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, 150, cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon, Cedex 08, France
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  • Z.F. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, 71-225 CHS, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

Received 28 March 2003 ,Accepted 2 April 2003.

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PII: S1368-8375(03)00074-5

doi: 10.1016/S1368-8375(03)00074-5

Oral Oncology
Volume 39, Issue 7 , Pages 664-671 , October 2003

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