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 ,Revised 22 January 2010 ,Accepted 22 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.01.017

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

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