Copper content in Areca catechu (betel nut) products and oral submucous fibrosis

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9063, 1997, Pages 1447-

  Trivedy, Chetan ^a   Baldwin, Dianne ^a   Warnakulasuriya, Saman ^a,b   Johnson, Newell ^a   Peters, Timothy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETEL EXTRACT; COPPER; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; COPPER METABOLISM; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOUTH DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA;

ARECA CATECHU;

EID: 0342813097     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)24020-1     Document Type: Article

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