Background The nationwide effects of smoking on mortality in India have not been assessed
reliably. Methods In a nationally representative sample of 1.1 million homes, we compared …

BACKGROUND Oral cancer satisfies the criteria for a suitable disease for screening, and
oral visual inspection is a suitable test for oral cancer screening. The efficacy of screening in …

The IARC monographs recently classified chewing betel quid without tobacco as a human
carcinogen. Several studies in Taiwan have reported that betel quid without tobacco may …

Oral leukoplakia, oral submucous fibrosis and erythroplakia are 3 major types of oral
premalignant lesions. Multiple oral premalignant lesions may possibly develop due to field …

Nickel ferrite nanoparticles of very small size were prepared by sol-gel combustion and co-precipitation
techniques. At the same annealing temperature sol-gel derived particles had …

Cigarette smoking and other tobacco use imposes a huge and growing public health burden
globally. Currently, approximately 5 million people are killed annually by tobacco use; by …

KR‐12 (residues 18–29 of LL‐37) was known to be the smallest peptide of human cathelicidin
LL‐37 possessing antimicrobial activity. In order to optimize α‐helical short antimicrobial …

Terbium doped Ni–Zn ferrite, Ni 0.4 Zn 0.6 Tb x Fe 2− x O 4 (x=0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2) have
been prepared through sol–gel technique. Formation of single phase FCC spinel structure …

Samarium doped magnesium ferrite was prepared (MgSm x Fe 2−x O 4 ) by sol–gel method.
X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the samples are single phasic with crystallite sizes in …

A series of NiTb x Fe 2− x O 4 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3) nanoparticles with small size have been
prepared using sol–gel technique. The effect of Tb 3+ substitution on the crystalline phase, …