| Literature DB >> 6213357 |
K M Lay, K Sein, A Myint, S K Ko, J J Pindborg.
Abstract
A house-to-house survey of 11 villages selected by random sampling was carried out in Bilugyun. Chaung-zone township. Mon State of South Eastern Burma to study the prevalence of oral precancerous lesions and smoking and chewing. A total of 6000 villagers who were above 15 years at the time of this study were examined. The prevalence of preleukoplakia was 0.3%, leukoplakia 1.7%, lichen planus 0.4%, leukokeratosis nicotina palati 2.3, erythroplakia 0.1%, submucous fibrosis 0.1%, and cancer 0.03%. A correlation was done between habits and lesions.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID： 6213357 DOI： 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1982.tb01341.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol ISSN： 0301-5661 Impact factor: 3.383