A prospective community-population-registry-based cohort study of the association between betel-quid chewing and cardiovascular disease in men in Taiwan (KCIS no. 19)

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-78

  Yen, Amy Ming Fang ^a,b   Chen, Li Sheng ^a,b   Chiu, Yueh Hsia ^a,b   Boucher, Barbara J ^c   Chen, Tony Hsiu Hsi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Medical Association   (Taiwan)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Areca catechu; Betel quid; Cardiovascular disease; Chewing; Community based integrated screening; Dose response effect; Humans; Men; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; TAIWAN;

ARECA CATECHU; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 38149118058     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.1.70     Document Type: Article

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