Oral cancer in Myanmar: A preliminary survey based on hospital-based cancer registries

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-26

  Oo, Htun Naing ^a   Myint, Yi Yi ^a   Maung, Chan Nyein ^a   Oo, Phyu Sin ^a   Cheng, Jun ^b   Maruyama, Satoshi ^b   Yamazaki, Manabu ^b   Yagi, Minoru ^c   Sawair, Faleh A ^d   Saku, Takashi ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Myanmar)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Betel quid chewing habits; Cancer registry; Myanmar; Oral cancer; Relative frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH CANCER; MYANMAR; PALATE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; TONGUE; TONGUE CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MYANMAR; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650768758     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2010.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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