Betel use and schizophrenia [2]

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 182, Issue MAY, 2003, Pages 455-

  Kuruppuarachchi, K A L A ^a   Williams, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARECOLINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; BETEL NUT; CANCER RISK; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MASTICATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOBACCO; ADDICTION; NOTE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ARECA; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HUMANS; MASTICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0346645892     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.182.5.455     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. McCreadie, R. G. on behalf of the Scottish Comorbidity Study Group (2002) Use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco by people with schizophrenia: case-control study British Journal of Psychiatry, 181, 321-325.
2. Sullivan, R. J., Allen, J. S., Otto, C., et al (2000) Effects of chewing betel nut (Areca catechu) on the symptoms of people with schizophrenia in Palau, Micronesia. British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, 174-178.
3. Trivedy, C. R., Craig, G. & Warnakulasuriya, S. (2002) The oral health consequences of chewing areca nut. Addiction Biology, 7, 115-125.