Population burden of betel quid abuse and its relation to oral premalignant disorders in south, southeast, and east Asia: an Asian betel-quid consortium study

• Main Authors: Lee, Chien-Hung, Min-Shan Ko, Albert, Warnakulasuriya, S., Ling, Tian-You, Sunarjo, ., Rajapakse, Palandage Sunethra, Zain, R.B., Ibrahim, Salah Osman, Zhang, Shan-Shan, Wu, H.J., Liu, Lin, Kuntoro, ., Utomo, B., Warusavithana, S.A., Razak, Ishak Abdul, Abdullah, Norlida, Shrestha, Prashanta, Shieh, Tien-Yu, Yen, Cheng-Fang, Ko, Ying-Chin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Public Health Association 2012
• Subjects: Oral surger
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/2605/1/Population_Burden_of_Betel_Quid_Abuse_and_Its_Relation_to_Oral_Premalignant_Disorders_in_South%2C_Southeas.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/2605/; http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300521
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Objectives. We investigated the population burden of betel quid abuse and its related impact on oral premalignant disorders (OPDs) in South, Southeast, and East Asia. Methods. The Asian Betel-Quid Consortium conducted a multistage sampling of 8922 representative participants from Taiwan, Mainland Ch...