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Screening for oral potentially malignant disorders among areca (betel) nut chewers in Guam and Saipan

BACKGROUND: The Mariana Islands, including Guam and Saipan, are home to many ethnic subpopulations of Micronesia. Oral cancer incidence rates vary among subpopulations, and areca (betel) nut chewing, a habit with carcinogenic risks, is common. Our objectives were to conduct a screening program to de...

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Autores principales: Paulino, Yvette C, Hurwitz, Eric L, Warnakulasuriya, Saman, Gatewood, Robert R, Pierson, Kenneth D, Tenorio, Lynnette F, Novotny, Rachel, Palafox, Neal A, Wilkens, Lynne R, Badowski, Grazyna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25495475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-14-151