Copper content in Areca catechu (betel nut) products and oral submucous fibrosis

Lancet. 1997 May 17;349(9063):1447. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)24020-1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Areca / chemistry*
  • Copper / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Mastication
  • Middle Aged
  • Oral Submucous Fibrosis / etiology*
  • Oral Submucous Fibrosis / metabolism
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Saliva / chemistry

Substances

  • Copper