Khmer dental and medical students' knowledge about the betel quid chewing habit in Cambodia

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 129-132

  Reichart, P A ^a   Schmidtberg, W ^b   Scheifele, Ch ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Royal University Phnom Penh   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Betel quid chewing; Cambodia; Knowledge; Precancer; Students,dental,medical

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BETEL NUT; CAMBODIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH TUMOR; PRECANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ARECA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAMBODIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031197058     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.1997.tb00022.x     Document Type: Article

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