Open AccessComparative distribution of Lysyl Oxidase (G473A) and NQO1 (C609T) polymorphism among tea-garden workers (habitual chewers of betel quid) of Darjeeling district and Kolkata city of West Bengal
Author(s) -
Jharna Ray,
Sanjit Mukherjee,
Basudev Mahato,
BH Sripathi Rao,
Keya Chaudhuri
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.123047
Subject(s) - west bengal , medicine , traditional medicine , veterinary medicine , genotyping , betel , tea garden , demography , genotype , biology , genetics , socioeconomics , horticulture , structural engineering , sociology , nut , engineering , gene
Chewing of processed arecanut products with tobacco and betel quid has been attributed to many oral pathological conditions. These products are very popular among the youngsters of lower economic groups. Genetic predisposition has been now identified as a major risk factor for increasing the susceptibility toward the disease among these chewers.