Prevalence and associated factors of betel quid use in the Solomon Islands: A hyperendemic area for oral and pharyngeal cancer

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 586-590

  Tovosia, Silent ^b   Chen, Ping Ho ^c   Ko, Allen Min Jen ^d   Tu, Hung Pin ^a   Tsai, Pei Chien ^c   Ko, Ying Chin ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Referral Hospital   (Solomon Islands)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX CANCER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SOLOMON ISLANDS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; MELANESIA; MOUTH TUMOR; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

PIPER BETEL;

ADULT; ARECA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANESIA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35748964728     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.586     Document Type: Article

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