Betel quid chewing without tobacco: A meta-analysis of carcinogenic and precarcinogenic effects

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP47-NP57

  Song, Han ^a   Wan, Yi ^a   Xu, Yong Yong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

betel quid; meta analysis; oral cancer; oral precancer

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARECA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH TUMOR; ODDS RATIO; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ARECA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84926369056     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513486921     Document Type: Article

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