Betel quid without tobacco as a risk factor for oral precancers

Oral Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 697-704

  Jacob, Binu J ^a   Straif, Kurt ^b   Thomas, Gigi ^a   Ramadas, Kunnambathu ^a   Mathew, Babu ^a   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^c   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^b   Hashibe, Mia ^b  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Areca; Case control studies; India; Oral leukoplakia; Oral submucous fibrosis; Precancerous conditions; Smokeless tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING; EDUCATION; ERYTHROPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUBMUCOSA; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARECA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2542501599     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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