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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
5
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1997-12-2
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in Malaysia was determined by examining a representative sample of 11,707 subjects aged 25 years and above throughout the 14 states over a period of 5 months during 1993/1994. A two-stage stratified random sampling was undertaken. A predetermined number of enumeration blocks, the smallest population unit in the census publication, was selected from each state. With the selected enumeration block, a systematic sample of living quarters was chosen with a random start. The survey instrument included a questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics and a clinical examination. The clinical examination was carried out by 16 specially trained dental public health officers and the diagnosis calibrated with a final concordance rate of 92%. The age in the sample ranged from 25 to 115 years with a mean of 44.5+/-14.0. The sample comprised 40.2% males and 59.8% females; 55.8% were Malays, 29.4% Chinese, 10.0% Indians and 1.2% other ethnic groups. Oral mucosal lesions were detected in 1131 (9.7%) subjects, 5 (0.04%) had oral cancer, 165 (1.4%) had lesions or conditions that may be precancerous (leukoplakia, erythroplakia, submucous fibrosis and lichen planus) and 187 (1.6%) had betel chewer's mucosa. The prevalence of oral precancer was highest amongst Indians (4.0%) and other Bumiputras (the indigenous people of Sabah and Sarawak) (2.5%) while the lowest prevalence was amongst the Chinese (0.5%).
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
D
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Oct
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| pubmed:issn |
0301-5661
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
25
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
377-83
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-1-29
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Areca,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-China,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Demography,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Erythroplasia,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Ethnic Groups,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-India,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Lichen Planus, Oral,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Malaysia,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Mouth Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Mouth Mucosa,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Mouth Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Oral Submucous Fibrosis,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Plants, Medicinal,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Precancerous Conditions,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Questionnaires,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Sex Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:9355776-Socioeconomic Factors
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| pubmed:year |
1997
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
A national epidemiological survey of oral mucosal lesions in Malaysia.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Dental Faculty, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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