Betel quid not containing tobacco and oral cancer: A report on a case-control study in Papua New Guinea and a meta-analysis of current evidence

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1318-1323

  Thomas, Steven J ^a   Bain, Christopher J ^b   Battistutta, Diana ^c   Ness, Andrew R ^a   Paissat, Darius ^d   Maclennan, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Papua New Guinea)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Betel quid; Case control study; Meta analysis; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARECA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RISK; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 33846965212     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22304     Document Type: Article

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