Areca nut chewing and metabolic syndrome: evidence of a harmful relationship - Shafique, Kashif; Zafar, Mubashir; Ahmed, Zeeshan; Khan, Naveed Ali; Mughal, Muhammad Akbar; Imtiaz, Fauzia (Nutrition journal, 2013)
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