Areca nut chewing and mortality in an elderly cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 677-683

  Lan, Tzuo Yun ^a   Chang, Wen Chiung ^a   Tsai, Yih Jian ^b   Chuang, Yi Li ^b   Lin, Hui Sheng ^c   Tai, Tong Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Areca; Cohort studies; Mortality

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASTICATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

AGED; ARECA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

ARECA; ARECA CATECHU; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 33847419339     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk056     Document Type: Article

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