Betel quid chewing in rural Bangladesh: Prevalence, predictors and relationship to blood pressure

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 462-471

  Heck, Julia E ^a   Marcotte, Erin L ^a   Argos, Maria ^b   Parvez, Faruque ^c   Ahmed, Alauddin ^b   Islam, Tariqul ^b   Sarwar, Golam ^b   Hasan, Rabiul ^b   Ahsan, Habibul ^b,c   Chen, Yu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Areca; Arterial pressure; Hypertension; Obesity; Pulse pressure; Smokeless tobacco

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; RURAL AREA; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BETEL NUT; BETEL QUID; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARECA; BANGLADESH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

BANGLADESH;

ARECA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 84859644485     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr191     Document Type: Article

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