Factors affecting commencement and cessation of betel quid chewing behaviour in Malaysian adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ghani, Wan M N ^a   Razak, Ishak A ^a   Yang, Yi Hsin ^b   Talib, Norain A ^c   Ikeda, Noriaki ^d   Axell, Tony ^e   Gupta, Prakash C ^f   Handa, Yujiro ^g   Abdullah, Norlida ^c   Zain, Rosnah B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^g HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASTICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARECA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551588547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-82     Document Type: Article

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