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- Title
Pilot survey of oral mucosa in areca (betel) nut chewers on Hainan Island of the People's Republic of China.
- Authors
Pindborg, Jens J.; Zheng Kui-Hua, Jens J.; Kong Ching-Ren, Jens J.; Lin Fa-Xing, Jens J.
- Abstract
100 people on Hainan Island were studied for their smoking and chewing habits and the condition of their oral mucosa. Ninety-five percent of the study population chewed areca (betel) nut. In men this habit was supplemented with either smoking cigarettes or water pipe. In two men a small commissural leukoplakia was found. In three women clinical and histologic changes pointed towards oral submucous fibrosis.
- Subjects
ORAL mucosa diseases; EPIDEMIOLOGY; BETEL nut; MASTICATION; CIGARETTES; LEUKOPLAKIA
- Publication
Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 1984, Vol 12, Issue 3, p195
- ISSN
0301-5661
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0528.1984.tb01438.x