Factors related to betel chewing among junior high school students in Taiwan

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 150-154

  Ho, Ching Sung ^a,b,e   Gee, Mei Jih ^c   Tsai, Chi Cheng ^a   Lo, Ching I ^c   Hwang, Mei Nah ^d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Health Bureau   (Taiwan)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Betel chewing; Junior high school students; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARECA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PEER GROUP; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034170374     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2000.028002150.x     Document Type: Article

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