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Chewing areca nut increases the risk of coronary artery disease in taiwanese men: a case-control study

BACKGROUND: Areca nut chewing has been reported to be associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and cardiovascular mortality in previous studies. The aim of this study was to examine whether chewing areca nut increases the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in Taiwanese men. METH...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Wei-Chung, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Wang, Guei-Jane, Lee, Kun-Tai, Lee, Chien-Hung, Lu, Ye-Hsu, Yen, Hsueh-Wei, Chu, Chih-Sheng, Chen, Yi-Ting, Lin, Tsung-Hsien, Su, Ho-Ming, Hsu, Po-Chao, Cheng, Kai-Hung, Duh, Tsai-Hui, Ko, Ying-Chin, Sheu, Sheng-Hsiung, Lai, Wen-Ter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22397501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-162