Population burden of betel quid abuse and its relation to oral premalignant disorders in South, Southeast, and East Asia: An Asian Betel-Quid Consortium study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Chien Hung ^a   Ko, Albert Min Shan ^a   Warnakulasuriya, Saman ^c   Ling, Tian You ^d   Sunarjo, ^e   Rajapakse, Palandage Sunethra ^f   Zain, Rosnah Binti ^g   Ibrahim, Salah Osman ^h   Zhang, Shan Shan ^d   Wu, Han Jiang ^d   Liu, Lin ^d   Kuntoro, ^e   Utomo, Budi ^e   Warusavithana, Supun Amila ^f   Razak, Ishak Abdul ^g   Abdullah, Norlida ⁱ   Shrestha, Prashanta ^j   Shieh, Tien Yu ^a   Yen, Cheng Fang ^b   Ko, Ying Chin ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^j KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARECA; ARTICLE; ASIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PRECANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ARECA; ASIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84857348111     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300521     Document Type: Article

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