High relative frequency of oral squamous cell carcinoma in Yemen: Qat and tobacco chewing as its aetiological background

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-195

  Sawair, Faleh A ^a   Al Mutwakel, Ammar ^b   Al Eryani, Kamal ^c   Al Surhy, Ameera ^b   Maruyama, Satoshi ^c   Cheng, Jun ^c   Al Sharabi, Ali ^d   Saku, Takashi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b Al Thawra Hospital   (Yemen)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Cancer frequencies; Chewing tobacco; Oral mucosa; Qat chewing; Squamous cell carcinoma; Yemen

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHA EDULIS; CHEEK MUCOSA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUTH CANCER; SHRUB; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO; TONGUE; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CATHA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YEMEN;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; YEMEN;

CATHA EDULIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34247874492     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701254813     Document Type: Article

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