Betel nut chewing during pregnancy, Madang province, Papua New Guinea

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 126-131

  Senn, M ^a   Baiwog, F ^a   Winmai, J ^a   Mueller, I ^a   Rogerson, S ^b   Senn, N ^a,b  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse birth outcome; Areca nut; Chewing patterns; Pregnancy; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARECA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ARECA CATECHU; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 69949085724     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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