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Comment on Oral White Lesions Associated with Chewing Khat
 
 
 
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Dammam, Saudi Arabia
 
 
Publication date: 2005-12-15
 
 
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Ali Aiman   

PO Box 60710 Dammam 31555 Saudi Arabia
 
 
Tobacco Induced Diseases 2005;3(December):5
 
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