Predictors of betel quid chewing behavior and cessation patterns in Taiwan aborigines

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lin, Chin Feng ^a,b,c   Wang, Jung Der ^a   Chen, Ping Ho ^d   Chang, Shun Jen ^e   Yang, Yi Hsin ^f,g   Ko, Ying Chin ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Executive Yuan ^*  (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAIWAN; ADOLESCENT; ARECA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; HABIT; MASTICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33751190736     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-271     Document Type: Article

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