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

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...