Pilot survey of oral mucosa in areca (betel) nut chewers on Hainan Island of the People's Republic of China
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 12 (3) , 195-196
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1984.tb01438.x
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.Keywords
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