Prevalence of areca nut chewing habit among high school children of Parsa district of Nepal

Areca (betel) nut chewing habit among high-school children in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Micronesia).

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of its use by high-school children in Saipan in Micronesia. Usage of the areca nut is indigenous to south Asia and the western and south Pacific. Some serious health effects of areca nut chewing are recognized and the International Agency for Research on Cancer has recently classified regular use of areca nut as being carcinogenic to humans. Information o...

the effect of explicit instruction of metacognitive strategies on reading comprehension among iranian high school students

the present study seeks to determine the effect of explicit instruction of metacognitive strategies on iranian high school students’ reading comprehension ability. it also attempts to investigate the relationship between the learners reading comprehension and metacognitive strategies. furthermore, the study investigates whether iranian efl female high school students are high, medium, or low me...

the effect of keeping reflective journals by language instructors on the process of reading comprehension among iranian high school students

خواندن ودرک مطلب از مهمترین مهارتها در یادگیری زبان خارجی محسوب می شود. این تحقیق تاثیر برگه های تامل برانگیز هدایت شده را در ارتقاع مهارت خواندن ودر ک مطلب در دانش اموزان دبیرستانی ایرانی بررسی می نماید. ازمجموع ?2 دانش آموز سال چهارم دبیرستان شهید رجایی شهرستان اسلامشهر¸ پس از اجرای آزمون استاندارد ((nelson 150a تعداد 39 دانش آموز که نمرات آنها یک سطح انحراف معیار بالاتر یا پایین تر ازمعدل قر...

Areca nut and betel-quid chewing bibliography.

2002 Winstock A. Areca nut-abuse liability, dependence and public health. Addict Biol 2002; 7:133± 8. Williams S, Malik A, Chowdhury S, Chauhan S. Socio-cultural aspects of areca nut use. Addict Biol 2002;7:147± 54. Warnakulasuriya S. Areca nut use following migration and its consequences. Addict Biol 2002;7:127± 32. Trivedy CR, Craig G, Warnakulasuriya S. The oral health consequences of chewin...

Betel-quid and areca-nut chewing.