Betel nut chewing and related factors in adolescent students in Taiwan

Public Health

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 339-345

  Wang, Su Chen ^a,b   Tsai, Chi Cheng ^a   Huang, Shun Te ^a   Hong, Yu Jue ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent students; Betel nut chewing; Prevalence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BETEL EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH RISK; NUT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HABIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STUDENT; TAIWAN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0041919598     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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