RETRACTED: The Influence of Tobacco Use, Hazardous Drinking, and Other Risk Factors on HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer Risk and Screening Perceptions among Gay and Bisexual Men: A Cross-sectional Study

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Niles Zoschke, Sarah L. Bennis, Yi Tang, J. Michael Wilkerson, and 7 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4360250/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 30 Mar, 2025 Read the published version in BMC Oral Health → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Editorial Note The authors have requested that this preprint be removed from Research Square. Editorial notes are used to provide important context regarding the topic of a preprint or to alert readers to potential issues concerning that preprint or a downstream publication associated with it. For more information on editorial notes, see our Editorial Policies . Abstract The authors have requested that this preprint be removed from Research Square. 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