Chewing areca nut increases the risk of coronary artery disease in taiwanese men: A case-control study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tsai, Wei Chung ^a,b   Wu, Ming Tsang ^a,b,c   Wang, Guei Jane ^d   Lee, Kun Tai ^a   Lee, Chien Hung ^c   Lu, Ye Hsu ^a   Yen, Hsueh Wei ^a   Chu, Chih Sheng ^a   Chen, Yi Ting ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a   Su, Ho Ming ^a,b   Hsu, Po Chao ^a   Cheng, Kai Hung ^a   Duh, Tsai Hui ^c   Ko, Ying Chin ^c   Sheu, Sheng Hsiung ^a   Lai, Wen Ter ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d National Research Institute of Chinese   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Areca nut; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARECA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ARECA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84862788530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-162     Document Type: Article

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