Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 297-301, April 2010

Betel-quid chewing with or without tobacco is a major risk factor for oral potentially malignant disorders in Sri Lanka: A case-control study

  • Hemantha K. Amarasinghe

      Affiliations

    • Dental Institute, Maharagama, Sri Lanka
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia. Tel.: +61 (0)756780771; fax: +61 (0)756780708.
    • ,
  • Udaya S. Usgodaarachchi

      Affiliations

    • Dental Institute, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
    • ,
  • Newell W. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Griffith Institute for Health and Medical Research, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia
    • ,
  • Ratilal Lalloo

      Affiliations

    • Colgate Chair: Rural, Remote and Indigenous Oral Health, School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia
    • ,
  • Saman Warnakulasuriya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Medicine and Experimental Oral Pathology, King’s College Dental Institute, Bessemer Road, London SES 9RS, United Kingdom

Received 10 January 2010; received in revised form 22 January 2010; accepted 22 January 2010. published online 02 March 2010.

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PII: S1368-8375(10)00030-8

doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.01.017

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 297-301, April 2010

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