Quantification of betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking in oral cancer patients

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 555-561

  Tsai, Kuo Yang ^a   Su, Che Chun ^a   Lin, Yo Yu ^b   Chung, Jian An ^b   Lian, Ie Bin ^b  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Betel quid; Oral cavity cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149086602     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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