Comparing factors affecting commencement and cessation of betel quid chewing behavior in Taiwanese adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yap, Shue Fang ^a   Ho, Pei Shan ^a   Kuo, Hsiao Ching ^a   Yang, Yi Hsin ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MASTICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARECA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 47249157171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-199     Document Type: Article

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