Oral pre-cancer and the associated risk factors among industrial workers in Japan's overseas enterprises in the UK

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 257-264

  Nagao, Toru ^a,b,c   Warnakulasuriya, Saman ^b,c   Gelbier, Stanley ^b   Yuasa, Hidemichi ^a   Tsuboi, Shinji ^a   Nakagaki, Haruo ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Epidemiology; Industrial screening; Leukoplakia; Occupations; Oral pre cancer; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PRECANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0037880466     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2003.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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