Declining oral cancer rates in Sri Lanka: Are we winning the war after being at the top of the cancer league table?

Oral Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 636-641

  Ariyawardana, A ^a,b   Warnakulasuriya, Saman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine and Dentistry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betel quid; Mouth neoplasms; Oral cancer; Smoking; Sri Lanka; Trends

Indexed keywords

BETEL EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SMOKING; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 80052561048     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2011.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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