Betel-quid chewing with or without tobacco is a major risk factor for oral potentially malignant disorders in Sri Lanka: A case-control study

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-301

  Amarasinghe, Hemantha K ^a   Usgodaarachchi, Udaya S ^a   Johnson, Newell W ^b   Lalloo, Ratilal ^b   Warnakulasuriya, Saman ^c  

^a Dental Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Betel quid; Oral cancer; Oral leukoplakia; oral potentially malignant disorders; Oral submucous fibrosis; Risk factors; Sri Lanka; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH EXAMINATION; ORAL POTENTIALLY MALIGNANT DISORDER; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SRI LANKA;

EID: 77949774017     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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