Areca nut chewing and risk of atrial fibrillation in Taiwanese men: A nationwide Ecological Study

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 804-811

  Tsai, Wei Chung ^a,b   Chen, Chung Yu ^c   Kuo, Hsuan Fu ^a   Wu, Ming Tsang ^a,c   Tang, Wei Hua ^a   Chu, Chih Sheng ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a   Su, Ho Ming ^a,b   Hsu, Po Chao ^a   Jhuo, Shih Jie ^a   Lin, Ming Yen ^c   Lee, Kun Tai ^a   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)

Author keywords

Areca nut chewing; Atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TAIWANESE; URBANIZATION;

ARECA NUT CHEWING.; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION;

ADULT; ARECA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84876966222     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.5998     Document Type: Article

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