Lack of Correlation of Betel Nut Chewing, Tobacco Smoking, and Alcohol Consumption with Telomerase Activity and the Severity of Oral Cancer

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 637-645

  Liao, Chun Ta ^a   Chen, I How ^a   Chang, Joseph Tung Chieh ^a   Wang, Hung Ming ^a   Hsieh, Ling Ling ^a   Cheng, Ann Joy ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Betel nut; Cancer stage; Oral cancer; Telomerase activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TELOMERASE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0242511765     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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