Ethnic Variation in Consumption of Traditional Tobacco Products and Lung Cancer Risk in Nepal |
Raspanti, Greg A
(Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health)
Hashibe, Mia (Division of Public Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine) Siwakoti, Bhola (B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital) Wei, Mei (Division of Public Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine) Thakur, Binay Kumar (B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital) Pun, Chin Bahadur (B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital) Milrod, Charles (Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health) Adhikari, Subodh (Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health) Lee, Yuan-Chin Amy (Division of Public Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine) Sapkota, Amir (Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health) |
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