Distinctive features of oral cancer in Changhua county: High incidence, buccal mucose preponderance, and a close relation to betel quid chewing habit

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-233

  Su, Che Chun ^a   Yang, Hsiu Fei ^a   Huang, Shu Ju ^a   Lian, Ie Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Betel quid; Incidence rate; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHEEK MUCOSA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GINGIVA DISEASE; HABIT; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LIP CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PALATE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; TONGUE CANCER;

EID: 34247372215     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60244-8     Document Type: Article

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