Areca nut use: an independent risk factor for oral cancer
Areca nut use: an independent risk factor for oral cancer
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DOI：
10.1136/bmj.324.7341.799
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2002-04
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通讯作者：
S. Warnakulasuriya;C. Trivedy;T. Peters
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作者：
S. Warnakulasuriya;C. Trivedy;T. Peters
槟榔是东方棕榈树槟榔的种子。它是各种广泛使用的咀嚼产品的基本成分。坚果的薄片，无论是天然的还是加工过的，都可以与各种物质混合，包括熟石灰（氢氧化钙）和香料，如豆蔻，椰子和藏红花。最重要的是，它们可能与烟草产品混合或包裹在胡椒槟榔植物的叶子中。因此，更常见的名称槟榔。据估计，有2亿至4亿人食用槟榔，主要是印度亚洲人和中国人。所有年龄组和社会阶层都使用该产品。槟榔的使用历史悠久，在许多社会文化和宗教活动中根深蒂固。因此，英裔亚洲人从印度（一些通过东非），巴基斯坦，孟加拉国和该地区的其他国家带来了槟榔的使用。
Areca nut is the seed of the fruit of the oriental palm, Areca catechu . It is the basic ingredient of a variety of widely used chewed products. Thin slices of the nut, either natural or processed, may be mixed with a variety of substances including slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) and spices such as cardamom, coconut, and saffron. Most significantly, they may be mixed with tobacco products or wrapped in the leaf of the piper betel plant. Hence the more common name betel nut. Areca nut is used by an estimated 200-400 million people, mainly IndoAsians and Chinese.1 It is used by men and women—in some societies the latter predominate. All age groups and social classes use the product. Areca nut has a long history of use and is deeply ingrained in many sociocultural and religious activities.2 Of particular interest in the United Kingdom, and perhaps other developed countries, is that use of areca nut continues and is often enhanced following migration. Thus British Asians have brought the use of areca from India (some via East Africa), Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other countries in the region …