Betel quid chewing among Bangladeshi adolescents living in East London

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-24

  Prabhu, N T ^a   Warnakulasuriya, K A A S ^a   Gelbier, S ^a   Robinson, P G ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BETEL NUT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARECA; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035234928     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-263x.2001.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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