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    Areca nut chewing and systemic inflammation: evidence of a common pathway for systemic diseases

    Areca nut, the seed of fruit of an oriental palm, known as Areca catechu, is commonly chewed in many countries. Diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, oropharyngeal and oesophageal cancers have been ass...

    Kashif Shafique, Saira Saeed Mirza, Priya Vart, Abdul Rauf Memon in Journal of Inflammation (2012)

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    Areca nut chewing and dependency syndrome: Is the dependence comparable to smoking? a cross sectional study

    Areca nut is the seed of fruit oriental palm known as Areca catechu. Many adverse effects of nut chewing have been well documented in the medical literature. As these nuts are mixed with some other substances lik...

    Saira S Mirza, Kashif Shafique, Priya Vart in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and… (2011)