Intercountry prevalences and practices of betel-quid use in south, southeast and eastern asia regions and associated oral preneoplastic disorders: an international collaborative study by asian betel-quid consortium of south and east Asia

• Main Authors: Lee, C.H., Ko, A.M.S., Warnakulasuriya, S., Yin, B.L., Sunarjo, ., Zain, R.B., Ibrahim, S.O., Liu, Z.W., Li, W.H., Zhang, S.S., Kuntoro, ., Utomo, B., Rajapakse, P.S., Warusavithana, S.A., Abdul Razak, I., Abdullah, N., Shrestha, P., Kwan, A.L., Shieh, T.Y., Chen, M.K., Ko, Y.C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2011
• Subjects: Oral surger
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/2517/1/INTERC~1.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/2517/

Health risks stemming from betel-quid (BQ) chewing are frequently overlooked by people. Updated epidemiological data on the increased BQ use among Asian populations using comparable data collection methods have not been widely available. To investigate the prevalence, patterns of practice and associ...