School-level contextual factors associated with betel quid chewing among schoolchildren in Taiwan

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-67

  Huang, Hsiao Ling ^a   Lee, Chien Hung ^a   Yen, Yea Yin ^a   Chen, Ted ^b   Chen, Fu Li ^c   Ho, Pei Shan ^a   Lai, Tai Cheng ^a   Tsai, Wen Ling ^d   Hsu, Chih Cheng ^e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d YUNG TA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Betel quid chewing; Children; Contextual factor; School; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PARENT; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TAIWAN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 58449094035     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2008.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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