Constituents of areca chewing related to esophageal cancer risk in Taiwanese men

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-259

  Wu, Ming Tsang ^a   Wu, D C ^b   Hsu, H K ^b   Kao, E L ^b   Lee, J M ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Areca; Betel leaf; Esophageal cancer; Piper betle inflorescence; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; INFLORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PIPER BETLE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TAIWAN;

AGED; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PIPER BETLE; PLANT LEAVES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 5744247693     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2004.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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