Prevalence and related risk factors of betel quid chewing by adolescent students in southern Taiwan

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-71

  Yang, Mei Sang ^a   Su, I Hung ^a   Wen, Jung Kwang ^a   Ko, Ying Chin ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Alcohol drinking; Betel quid; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARECA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030088076     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1996.tb00195.x     Document Type: Article

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