Prevalence of oral leukoplakia in Havana City, Cuba.
Prevalence of oral leukoplakia in Havana City, Cuba.
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古巴哈瓦那市口腔白斑的患病率。
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Jolán Bánóczy
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作者:
Irene Rodríguez;Julio C. Santana;José Sanabria;Jolán Bánóczy
A survey related to the detection of precancerous lesions of the oral cavity has been done in Cuba for the first time. The sample comprised 749 randomly selected workers from Havana City Province, taking into account the census records of the Cuban population up to 1979. Prevalence of lesions and their relation to age, sex and predisposing factors, such as smoking, alcohol habits and mechanical trauma were studied. 4.4% of leukoplakia and preleukoplakia considered together and 2.1% leukoplakia alone, and two cases of oral lichen planus and leukokeratosis nicotina palati (0.1% of each) were found. The former lesions were more frequently encountered in people above 50 years old, specially in males and specifically among those who had smoked for more than 10 years. Sites of location most frequently encountered were the buccal mucosa and the labial commissures.