Prevalence of oral cancer and pre-cancer and associated risk factors among tea estate workers in the central Sri Lanka

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 581-587

  Ariyawardana, A ^b   Sitheeque, M A M ^b   Ranasinghe, A W ^b   Perera, I ^b   Tilakaratne, W M ^b   Amaratunga, E A P D ^b   Yang, Yi Hsin ^c   Warnakulasuriya, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Betel quid; Leukoplakia; Oral cancer; Oral submucous fibrosis; Pre cancer; Screening; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; TEA;

EID: 35348962573     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2007.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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