Systematic review and meta-analysis of association of smokeless tobacco and of betel quid without tobacco with incidence of oral cancer in south asia and the pacific

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Gupta, Bhawna ^a   Johnson, Newell W ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETEL NUT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASIA; CHEMISTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PIPER (PLANT); PLANT LEAF;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PIPER BETEL;

ASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PIPER; PLANT LEAVES; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84913596748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113385     Document Type: Review

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